Maryland
Columbia Mall, Maryland, Shooting: Witnesses Report Active Shooter, Police Activity
Police at Columbia Mall in Maryland. (Photo Credit: Representational Image)
Police are responding to reports of a suspected shooting at Columbia Mall in Maryland, with witnesses indicating the presence of an active shooter. At this time, these reports remain unconfirmed as authorities have not yet issued an official statement.
“As we were leaving the Columbia Mall there was a shooting in the mall. Everyone was running out of the mall! Thank GOD for covering us!” one witness reported on Facebook.
Another person wrote, “Check on your peeps! Shooting in Columbia Mall(Md)! I’m going to get my child.”
There are claims that shots were fired in the mall’s food court area, resulting in at least one fatality. The mall has reportedly been placed on lockdown.
A witness reported, “Stay away from Columbia mall active shooting in food court area mall on lockdown.”
Another wrote, “Shooting at Columbia mall. One dead. Please check on your family.”
Another witness wrote, “So there was a shooting at Columbia Mall in the food court. I have a friend there saying they are in lock down over there.”
“DO NOT GO TO COLUMBIA MALL!!! There was a shooting and apparently someone is dead. I was I was in there when it went down, but was able to get out to safely and am now enroute to home! It was complete chaos!!! THANKING GOD FOR HIS PROTECTION! Praying for the person that lost their life and the one who took it!” another person shared on Facebook.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with more information
Maryland
Maryland governor celebrates Juneteenth in historically-Black Montgomery County community – WTOP News
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore spoke about the difference between liberation and freedom at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival, in one of Montgomery County’s oldest historic Black communities.
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Local leaders in Md. unite for Juneteenth Heritage Festival
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore spoke about the difference between liberation and freedom, in the opening ceremony of the 2026 Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival, in one of Montgomery County’s oldest historic Black communities.
In Cabin John Regional Park, Moore was joined by local dignitaries, including descendants of William Dove, the first formerly enslaved man who purchased 36 acres of farmland in 1880 for $210, located in what is now Potomac.
Moore said that ending slavery was an important moment of liberation, celebrated by Juneteenth, “but liberation is not freedom.”
Even after liberation, Moore said that “the idea of freedom became something that still remained elusive.”
When Dove purchased property in the Scotland community, Moore said that economic empowerment was a step toward freedom.
“The freedom to be able to own more than you owe. A freedom to be able to pass something along to your children besides debt. A freedom to be able to walk freely, knowing that you should be able to feel safe in your own community, in your own neighborhood, and in your own skin,” said Moore.
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A University of Maryland (UMD) football player was arrested for harassment, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
Dontay Joyner, a defensive back and rising senior at UMD, was charged with telephone misuse for making repeated calls, electronic communications harassment, and violating release conditions, a misdemeanor offense, according to court records.
Joyner’s attorney is calling the ordeal “outrageous,” saying “[Joyner] has been locked in a cage in Harford County for seven nights after being charged with a misdemeanor for telephone misuse for texting his longtime girlfriend during an argument. This is simply outrageous.”
Joyner’s attorney, Former Attorney General Douglas Gansler, said the 21-year-old has never been in trouble with the law and does not own a handgun. According to Gansler, Joyner’s girlfriend is “fully supportive of him and does not want to press charges.”
According to the UMD Terps website, Joyner is a Lakeland, Florida, native who previously attended Arkansas State. In the spring, Joyner was given the Nick Cross Defensive Back Award in a tradition that honors “past terrapin greats.”
According to court records, Joyner was held without bond.
WJZ has reached out to UMD officials for comment.
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