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Three people are dead and three others are injured — including the suspect and a Maryland State Police trooper — after a mass shooting at a manufacturing company northeast of Smithsburg, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said.

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Police have identified the three people killed and one person wounded Thursday afternoon at Columbia Machine near Smithsburg.

Washington County Sheriff Doug Mullendore identified the deceased as Mark Alan Frey, 50; Charles Edward Minnick Jr., 31; and Joshua Robert Wallace, 30. He said Brandon Chase Michael, 42, was wounded.

Michael's condition wasn't immediately available.

The suspect is identified as a 23-year-old man from West Virginia. Further details weren't being provided because charges have not yet been filed, Mullendore said.

The suspect was shot during a firefight with Maryland State Police troopers on Mapleville Road.

Lt. Col. Dofflemyer with the state police criminal investigation bureau said the suspect was taken to Meritus Medical Center east of Hagerstown and was "being treated for his injuries."

The name and age of the Maryland State Police trooper who was injured also were not released. However, Dofflemyer said the trooper was taken to Meritus and was doing well.

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The mass shooting near Smithsburg is the second instance of gun violence in Washington County in two days.

Wednesday evening, a 19-year-old was shot outside Valley Mall in Halfway, south of Hagerstown.

Matthew Steven Lookabaugh, 21, of Hagerstown, is charged with two counts each of attempted first- and second-degree murder and first- and second-degree assault of the man who was shot, Calijah Omari Paugh, 19, and the man who was with Paugh at the time, Myzai Fisher, 18, according to the charging document filed against Lookabaugh.

Lookabaugh is being held without bond at the Washington County Detention Center.

Members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office were meeting with the families of those killed and wounded in the mass shooting at Columbia Machine in Smithsburg.

Sgt. Carly Hose said deputies were offering support to them. She could not say if it was at one location.

Meritus Medical Center spokeswoman Michelle Lovelace said the hospital east of Hagerstown is accepting patients again.

"As of 6:15, at the recommendation of local law enforcement, Meritus Medical Center has lifted its lockdown," she wrote in an email.

The hospital had gone into lockdown at 3:50 p.m. due to a "community emergency."

Joanie Gerber, who was president of Bikle Manufacturing before it was sold in 2019, said she was "deeply saddened" over the news of the shooting at what is now Columbia Machine.

Her family had owned business since 1971 before selling it to Vancouver, Washington-based Columbia. The Washington County business lists itself as Columbia Smithsburg on its website.

"I'm deeply saddened and my heart goes out to the employees and the families," Gerber said.

Gerber said she didn't know any details about the shooting except what was being reported by news organizations.

"I'm praying for all involved. I'm just terribly saddened by the whole thing. It's terrible. I'm just sickened," she said.

The FBI and ATF are assisting the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State police with the investigation into the mass shooting Thursday near Smithsburg.

Sgt. Carly Hose with the sheriff's office confirmed the FBI and ATF were on their way to the scene.

The suspect in the mass shooting at Columbia Smithsburg was taken into custody by Maryland State Police at Mount Aetna, a Washington County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said.

Sgt. Carly Hose could not confirm any details about the suspect other than to say the person was in custody and there was no threat to the public.

Maryland State Police are handling the incident at the Mount Aetna and Mapleville roads, Hose said. The sheriff's office is in charge of the Bikle Road scene.

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The Washington County Sheriff's Office is reporting that the shooting happened at Columbia Smithsburg manufacturing on Bikle Road, near a church that has a daycare.

Sheriff's Sgt. Carly Hose said that the children at the day care at Smithsburg Valley Baptist Church were not harmed and the facility was put on lockdown during the incident.

Meritus Medical Center was on lockdown as of 3:50 p.m. due to a community emergency, according to a news release from the hospital.

"That means no patients, visitors or staff may leave at this time, and we are only allowing patients experiencing a medical emergency," the release states.

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SMITHSBURG — Multiple people have been shot following an incident Thursday afternoon in the 12900 block of Bikle Road north of Smithsburg, the Washington County Sheriff's Office reported.

The sheriff's office received a call for the shooting around 2:30 p.m. Deputies as well as Maryland State Police were seen responding on Bikle Road north of Smithsburg and the traffic circle at Mount Aetna and Mapleville roads.

The suspect in the shooting "is no longer a threat to the community," the office posted on its Facebook page.

"This is a rapidly evolving incident and we will release information as we are able," the post states.

Media have been told to stage at a park in Smithsburg for updates.

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The suspect and trooper exchanged gunfire. Both were hit and both were taken to the hospital. Their conditions were not known. Hose referred questions from the Mapleville Road incident to Maryland State Police.

Bikle Road at Smithsburg Pike was closed, as was Mapleville Road immediately south of the traffic circle.

There appears to be a wrecked Mitsubishi Eclipse with West Virginia plates south of the traffic circle.

Maryland State Police troopers and sheriff's office personnel, including Sheriff Doug Mullendore, were seen working at the Mapleville Road site.

This story will be updated.