MD - Three Dead - Three Wounded -- Washington County - 9 June 2022 *guilty, insanity*

[Richrd]

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Fox News:

Victims of deadly Smithsburg manufacturing plant shooting identified

Three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured when a gunman opened fire inside Columbia Machine Inc. A trooper and the suspect were also shot.

www.fox43.com

In-Custody Defendant:
To-Be Named Male, 23

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[Elley Mae]

So who is it that shot and killed 3 and critically wounding 4th, fleeing the scene and engaging in a shootout with police.
I don’t like that it takes this long to name the arrested suspect, makes me think they are hiding something or scrubbing their SM accounts.

This is not far from camp david, (7 miles) hope the Bidens visit Smithsburg.

 

[Elley Mae]

The press release said the trooper, who was not named, is a 25-year veteran of the department assigned to the Criminal Enforcement Division Western Region.

Police did not identify the accused shooter by name because he had not been charged yet. They described him as a 23-year-old Hispanic man from West Virginia.

He used a semiautomatic handgun in the shootings, Washington County Sheriff Doug Mullendore said.

Police say man shot and killed 3 co-workers, wounded another at Smithsburg-area business

An employee at a Smithsburg-area business is accused of shooting four co-workers on Thursday, killing three of them, authorities said.

www.fredericknewspost.com

 

[Elley Mae]

Police identified the suspect in the Smithsburg shooting as 23-year-old Joe Louis Esquivel

Joe Louis Esquivel charged in deadly mass shooting at Maryland factory as new details emerge

Joe Louis Esquivel went to his car to get a gun after working a full shift at Columbia Machine, Inc. Thursday. He returned to the concrete product factory’s break room and allegedly opened fi…

nypost.com

 

[Richrd]

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Pre-Trial Confinement:
No Bail Allowed -​

Via: VINELink​

Washington County, MD Detention Center -​

Inmate Nmber 135***

In-Custody Defendant:
Joe Louis Esquivel, 23

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[Elley Mae]

The alleged gunman in last week’s shooting at a Smithsburg factory told police that he fired on four co-workers because he believed they were “pedophiles,” according to an arrest warrant filed in court. No evidence has emerged to support such a claim, and the charging documents did not provide any witness statements that explains any argument or altercation that preceded the gunfire.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/13/smithsburg-shooting-murder-charges/

The lone surviving gunshot victim, a 42-year-old man, told police that he was seated in the break room looking at his phone with three other men at about 2:30 p.m. when he heard four gunshots, the arrest warrant said. The victim looked up and saw “Joe” holding a gun, before he was struck by gunfire. The wounded employee then ran from the building, he told police.

 

[Richrd]

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Awaiting Next Court Date

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[Richrd]

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6 July Court Date

NBC News:

West Virginia man accused in Smithsburg shooting held without bail

An initial court appearance Monday for a West Virginia man accused of killing three coworkers and severely injuring another at a Washington County factory.

www.wbaltv.com

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[JerseyGirl]

Victim confronts Smithsburg mass shooter, calls him a coward

Joe Esquivel pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder, attempted murder in the June mass shooting at Columbia Machine and ensuing police shootout.

www.heraldmailmedia.com

Schizophrenia is a major mental disorder in which people may experience a distorted reality and hallucinations.

Before Wilson issued that finding, Michael and family members of the other civilian victims expressed their disappointment in a state judicial system that allows Esquivel to be found not criminally responsible due to mental illness and that he could possibly be released one day if found not a danger to himself or others.

Esquivel is expected to be assigned to the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Howard County.

 

[UnapologeticallyAspie]

MOO I kind of agree that some people with mental illnesses should not have to stand trial, like ones with schizophrenia. But other mental illnesses should.