Three people dead following shooting in parking lot of Annapolis hotel, police say

BALTIMORE — Anne Arundel County Police are investigating after multiple people were shot and killed in the parking lot of a hotel near an Annapolis shopping center.

Police said the shooting occurred in the 2000 block of Somerville Road Friday just after 2 p.m.  

Anne Arundel County officers were called to a hotel on Somerville Road to investigate a report of a shooting, Anne Arundel County Police Department spokeswoman Jacklyn Davis said. 

The officers learned that a male suspect shot a male, a female, and then himself in the parking lot of the hotel. The female and the male shooter died at the site of the shooting, Davis said. 

The other male was able to drive away and call for help, But he died of his injuries, too, she said.

There is no threat to the public following the shooting, Davis said.

The next of kin of the victims have not yet learned of the deaths.

Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal Awad urged people who notice signs of distress among loved ones to contact the county's police department, which has crisis intervention teams. Team members can assist anyone at any time of the day, she said.

Anyone who needs assistance can call 410-768-5522, she said.

Neighborhood residents watched in disbelief as investigators swarmed the normally safe and bustling shopping center.

"It's never something you expect to hear happen close by—especially in what you think is a safe part of where we live," Anne Arundel County resident Lauren said.

The events surrounding the deadly triple shooting will crop up as investigators gather details.

"There's going to be a lot of questions about relationships and things like that that we do not have the answer to," Davis said. "Homicide is still investigating."