UPDATE 8/10/2018: Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office have identified the suspect in the attempted murder on Gallery Place as Kenneth Everette Barnes, 38, of Waldorf.
On August 9 at 12:30 p.m., Barnes shot the mother of his child multiple times and fled the scene. The victim was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. Officers canvassed the apartment building where the shooting occurred and discovered Barnes in the stairwell; he was deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A gun was recovered beside him.
The victim’s condition has improved and her injuries are not life threatening.
Det. J. Elliott is investigating.
UPDATE: On Thursday, August 9 at approximately 12:30 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to an apartment building in the 3000 block of Gallery Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting.
When officers arrived, they found a woman in her thirties with multiple gunshot wounds. She was flown to a hospital and is in serious condition. As officers canvassed the building, they discovered an adult male in the stairwell; he was deceased from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A gun was recovered beside him. It is believed he is the man who shot the woman and that they were known to each other.
Detectives are in the process of positively identifying the man.
The investigation is ongoing.
UPDATE: The male subject who shot his girlfriend later turned the gun on himself, and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Authorities said the shooting was isolated and was not random.
Updates will be provided as they become available.
9/9/2018: On Thursday, August 9, 2018, at approximately 12:50 p.m., two people were shot at an apartment on Gallery Place, in Waldorf.
A female victim, who was shot in the stomach and leg told first responders her boyfriend was the shooter.
The victim was transported to a an area trauma center, her condition is unknown at this time.
The sex of the second victim is unknown at this time and their injuries were said to be very serious and life threatening.
We will provide updates as they become available.
