Three people were killed and three others injured in a possible graduation party shootout at an Annapolis, Maryland residence on Sunday night, police said.
A person of interest was in custody, and as many as two weapons may have been recovered, Annapolis Police Chief Edward C. Jackson said at an evening news conference.
Conditions for the injured weren’t available, but one was taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, about 30 miles north, Annapolis police said in a statement.
The deceased ranged in age from their early 20s to about 50, Jackson said.
He said the 8 p.m. violence may have included shooting between two individuals. The dead were found outside the residence.
Police were told a graduation party was taking place, but they’re still working on confirming the facts of the case, the chief said. A motive was unknown, but the shooting wasn’t random, he added.
Jackson characterized the violence as part of an “interpersonal dispute.”
At the news conference, Mayor Gavin Buckley lamented yet another mass shooting in the United States.
“If you look around you, we’re in a very middle-class neighborhood in Annapolis, Maryland,” he said. “Tonight is an example of, yet again, senseless violence.”
On June 6, an 18-year-old who had just accepted his diploma was fatally shot alongside his father at a graduation ceremony on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus, Richmond police said.
Five others were struck but survived, they said.
“People try to resolve issues with guns,” Buckley said. “It’s the most ridiculous thing we can do as a society.”
Lindsey Pipia contributed.
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