Smithsburg, a community of nearly 3,000 people, is just west of the Camp David presidential retreat and about 75 miles northwest of Baltimore. Messages left seeking comment with the company werenвЂ™t immediately returned. facility, and yellow tape blew in the wind outside the business. Police had closed off the road that runs past the Columbia Machine Inc. Several hours after the shooting, numerous law enforcement officers remained at the scene. He declined to specify the caliber or model.ДЇamily members of workers at the manufacturer were gathering at a fire station in downtown Smithsburg on Thursday evening, awaiting information on their loved ones. Mullendore said the suspect used a semiautomatic handgun, which was recovered after the shootout. вЂњWeвЂ™re still working with sheriffвЂ™s office on what happened and why it kept escalating,вЂќ Dofflemyer told reporters. Dofflemyer said the wounded trooper is doing well and that the suspect was being treated Thursday night.ДЄuthorities declined to release a motive. Troopers returned fire, wounding the suspect. Bill Dofflemyer said that three troopers encountered the suspectвЂ™s vehicle and that he opened fire when troopers made a traffic stop. Mullendore said the wounded victim was Brandon Chase Michael, 42 The sheriff identified those killed in the shooting as Mark Alan Frey, 50 Charles Edward Minnick Jr., 31 and Joshua Robert Wallace, 30.

Mullendore said the suspect was a 42-year-old man but declined to release his name while criminal charges were being prepared. The suspect and a trooper were wounded in an exchange of gunfire, according to the sheriff. The suspect fled in a vehicle before authorities arrived at the scene and was tracked down by Maryland State Police, Mullendore said.

The sheriff said at a news conference that the victims and suspect were all employees at the facility.

in Smithsburg and a fourth victim was critically injured. Washington County Sheriff Doug Mullendore said that three victims were found dead at Columbia Machine Inc. An employee opened fire at a manufacturing business in rural western Maryland on Thursday, killing three coworkers before the suspect and a state trooper were wounded in a shootout, authorities said.

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