Thursday, April 26, 2007

Fatal Shooting at Running Brook 7-Eleven



Several news sites are running this item about a shooting in Running Brook:


COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) - Howard County police are investigating a fatal shooting at a convenience store in Columbia.

It happened about 3:10 this morning at a 7-11 in the 5700 block of Columbia Road. Police say a 40-year-old woman working as a clerk was wounded and died later at Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

According to police, a man outside the store called 911 to report hearing a gunshot in the store. The caller then saw a masked man run from the store toward Route 108.

Authorities are withholding the dead woman's name until her family can be contacted.

Police are looking into whether the shooting was a result of an attempted armed robbery at the store.

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