Bail Denied For Suspect In NSA, ICC Shootings
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) --It began with two shots out of nowhere.
Five random attacks before police made an arrest.
Now that suspect begins his time in court.
Alex DeMetrick has the details of the shooting suspect Hong Young's first appearance before a judge.
Facing multiple counts including attempted murder, the judge is keeping Young locked up after his bail review hearing.
The 35-year-old suspect didn't kill anybody, but allegedly it wasn't for the lack of trying.
"Mr. Young was alleged to have been involved in five separate shooting incidents that included two victims, and as a result presents a great danger to our community," Wes Adams, the state's attorney for Anne Arundel County said.
The prosecution's argument was enough to keep Young in jail.
A video link from there to Anne Arundel County District County was Young's first appearance before a judge for a bail review hearing.
But other charges will likely follow in two other counties.
The most serious happened on March 3 on the Intercounty Connector in Prince George's County, when two shots were fired into the windshield of a truck.
Two men were inside.
"Glass got in their face and then the bullet penetrated another subject that was in the vehicle. The bullet did not penetrate the skin," Lt. Kevin Ayd, of the MdTA Police said.
It was similar to the first attack a week earlier when shots hit a moving car.
That was on Feb. 24 on Arundel Mills Boulevard.
And on March 2nd, a move theater was fired on at Columbia Mall. That same day in Howard County, shots were fired near a Walmart.
The final shooting, also on March 3rd, shots were fired at an NSA building in Fort Meade.
"He was hiding in plain sight. he was driving the same vehicle. He was caught on surveillance cameras," Lt. T.J. Smith, of Anne Arundel County police said.
The images of that car eventually lead to Hong Young's arrest the night of March 3rd back at Arundel Mills.
A search of young's Beltsville home turned up 10 guns, one a ballistics match to the shootings.
"These are five random acts of violence through three jurisdictions and therefore we can't have him on the street," Adams added.
A history of past mental issues was briefly brought up during Young's bail review.
But it was the serious charges, along with the possibility of Young being a flight risk that kept him behind bars.
The prosecution, or the Anne Arundel County grand jury, have 30 days to arraign Young on the arrest charges.
