A shooter opened fire inside a manufacturing facility in western Maryland Thursday afternoon, killing multiple people, authorities say.

Deputies responded to the active shooting in the 12900 block of Bikle Road in Smithsburg around 2:30 p.m.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office said there are "multiple fatalities."

The suspect was shot and injured during a confrontation with a Maryland State Police trooper, the sheriff's office said. The shooter was hospitalized, but their condition is unclear at this time.

The trooper suffered a minor injury, authorities said.

The facility where the shooting took place is in a remote area about seven miles from Hagerstown, Maryland.

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America alongside south west Nigeria are dangerous places nowadays

Three dead, four shot (2 critical).

Local news is reporting 3 dead on arrival, and 4 others shot. Location is a concrete/molding industrial Business @Columbia Machine located in 2921 Bikle Rd in Smithsburg, MD.

We die here in Nigeria!

I ant leaving this sh#thole to a damn country I will be use for shooting target

Mass shooting is now a trend in US

You'll just wake up and go to the mall only for you to start dodging bullet from one lunatic blowing everywhere up because his cat refused to eat

The rate of mentally unbalanced people in US has increased

You can imagine how it would have been if they have someone like Buhari as their president

must innocent people die everyday in this life sef

Life is expensive yet sadly cheap

Nawa for this Americans oooo they no want make we japa go there again..

May the souls of the dead rest in perfect peace

Hmmm

It's better i dey manage Buhari than been in a country where one psycho will wake up and decide to be madt

Dem never see anything

They should continue legalizing gun and expect them not to shoot

Fahdiga:
America alongside south west Nigeria is a dangerous places nowadays

Where person go come run to bayi? Wahala wa o.

United States and guns smdh

What's with these killings?

Pvc

It's clear that this copycat shootings are going to continue for a while cos the rate of depression and suicide has increased since after the lockdown. This people are willing to go in a "blaze of glory" rather than just slitt!ng thier wrist.

South East dey play for Killings. Oyinbo worse

Which kind wahala be this na??

Where person go japa go now??

Na wa for USA

People are really getting mad everyday

Oil soup people

This is not stopping anytime soon in the US.

Everybody carry your cross

Na wa oo..
I thought its Maryland ikeja sef!