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Police ID Driver Killed In Tanker Truck Transporting Gasoline From VA To MD That Exploded Police ID Driver Killed In Tanker Truck Transporting Gasoline From VA To MD That Exploded
Police ID Driver Killed In Tanker Truck Transporting Gasoline From VA To MD That Exploded New details have emerged after a tanker truck driver was killed and a home destroyed when a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline exploded in the busy Route 15 corridor in Frederick City last weekend. Maryland State Police investigators have identified Smithsburgh resident Ronald Leroy Heiston, Jr. 58, as the driver who crashed at around noon on Saturday, March 4, in the 500 block of Schley Avenue, setting off an explosion that resulted in a massive response by emergency personnel.  Upon arrival at the scene of the crash, officials say that crews found a large tanker in fl…

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Death Of Maryland Man Found In Homemade Lab With Chemicals Under Investigation By State Police Death Of Maryland Man Found In Homemade Lab With Chemicals Under Investigation By State Police
Death Of Maryland Man Found In Homemade Lab With Chemicals Under Investigation By State Police The death of a man found dead in Washington County by Maryland State Police troopers surrounded by “an excessive amount of unknown chemicals” in a homemade laboratory is under investigation. Bradley Ray Roberts, 60, was pronounced dead in his Foxville Road home in Smithsburg on Thursday, Nov. 3 after state police investigators were contacted by his family who had not spoken to him in several days. According to police, at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday morning, troopers from the Hagerstown Barrack responded to Roberts’ home in Smithsburg to conduct a welfare check. Family members from …

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Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury
Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury A grand jury in Maryland has indicted West Virginia resident Joe Louis Esquivel following the fatal mass shooting at Columbia Machine, Inc. in Washington County last month. Esquivel, 23, is facing a total of 34 charges, according to WBALTV, after he opened fire at his workplace, killing three and critically injuring others. The charges Esquivel faces include multiple murder, attempted murder, assault, and weapons offenses. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 9 in Smithsburg, where they found four victims, three of whom were…

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Suspect Charged For Maryland Mass Workplace Shooting That Killed Three Suspect Charged For Maryland Mass Workplace Shooting That Killed Three
Suspect Charged For Maryland Mass Workplace Shooting That Killed Three West Virginia resident Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, is facing a host of charges in connection to the fatal mass shooting at Columbia Machine, Inc. in Maryland. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced that the Hedgesville resident is facing multiple murder, assault, and other charges after the shooting in his workplace that left three dead and one critically injured. Specifically, Esquivel was charged with: Three counts of first-degree murder; Three counts of second-degree murder; Five counts of first-degree assault; Five counts of second-degree assault; First-degree attempted murder…

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New Details Released In Mass Maryland Workplace Shooting New Details Released In Mass Maryland Workplace Shooting
New Details Released In Mass Maryland Workplace Shooting What started as a normal day of work for employees at a concrete production plant in Washington County turned bloody when a gunman opened fire during the latest mass shooting in the US. New details have emerged regarding the fatal Maryland shooting that took the lives of three people and left the gunman and a state police trooper hospitalized. Investigators said that the suspect was working a regular shift before he began shooting, according to new information released by investigators in Washington County. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m…

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Victims Of Smithsburg Workplace Rampage Identified Victims Of Smithsburg Workplace Rampage Identified
Victims Of Smithsburg Workplace Rampage Identified Joshua Wallace went to work at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg the same way he would any other day. With just two hours left on the clock, he was getting ready to start his weekend.  That's when his coworker — a 23-year-old Hispanic man from West Virginia whose name has not been released — came inside and shot Wallace and three other employees.  Wallace, 30, Mark Alan Frey, 50, Charles Edward Minnick, Jr., 31, are dead, while Brandon Chase Michael, 42, remains critical. "This is not how this was supposed to end," reads a GoFundMe campaign launched in Wallace's memo…

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Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting
Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting UPDATE: Victims of Smithsburg workplace shooting identified. The gunman who killed four people and injured several others was being sought for homicide when he struck a 25-year Maryland State Police veteran Thursday, June 9, authorities said. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m., where they found four victims, three of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The fourth remains critical. The shooter fled the scene before law enforcement agencies arrived, and a description was released to responding…

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Details Released In Deadly Mass Smithsburg Shooting Details Released In Deadly Mass Smithsburg Shooting
Details Released In Deadly Mass Smithsburg Shooting Details have been released in the mass Smithsburg shooting that left three people dead Thursday, June 9. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m., where they found four victims, three of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The fourth remains critical. The shooter fled the scene before law enforcement agencies arrived, and a description was released to responding units. The suspect vehicle was tracked down by Maryland State Police troopers near Maplesville Road and Mount Aetna Road, where they excha…

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MASS CASUALTY: Multiple People Reported Dead, Officer Hurt In Smithsburg Shooting (VIDEO) MASS CASUALTY: Multiple People Reported Dead, Officer Hurt In Smithsburg Shooting (VIDEO)
Mass Casualty: Multiple People Reported Dead, Officer Hurt In Smithsburg Shooting (Video) UPDATE: Victims of the Smithsburg workplace shooting identified. Multiple people were killed and two hospitalized including a state trooper in a shooting in Smithsburg Thursday, June 9, according to developing reports. A neighbor in a Facebook Live video reported seeing shots fired into a car around 3 p.m. at a business located at 12912 Bikle Road. "They just shot up that f***ing car," said Harleigh Rae from behind the camera, adding a state trooper was struck. Posted by Harleigh Rae on Thursday, June 9, 2022 Authorities said only that the responding trooper was shot in the shoulder …

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