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A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital is due in court for an initial appearance.
Eulalio Tordil, 62, of Adelphi is scheduled to appear in court Monday afternoon in Rockville, Maryland. He faces charges including first-degree murder.
Police say the shootings began Thursday when Tordil fatally shot his estranged wife Gladys, a chemistry teacher, in a high school parking lot. A bystander was wounded.
Cochran said he and his wife “can’t believe this is the person we invited into our home.”
Winffel and a friend, who wasn’t identified, were shot while trying to help a victim of an attempted carjacking, police said. The friend and the carjacking victim were both wounded.
“He was always helping people,” Pilar Winffel of Columbia said of her brother. “If a friend of a friend was moving, he would go and help.”
Hamill said a search of Tordil’s car uncovered a .40-caliber Glock handgun that was used in Friday’s shootings. Hamill said police believe it also was used in Thursday’s shooting of Gladys Tordil but more testing is needed to confirm.
The protective service said Tordil’s weapon, badge and credentials were taken when he was placed on leave.
“I just saw a beautiful family,” he said, adding that Tordil never mentioned the action taken against him at work.
source: WTOP.com
