Maryland
Teen arrested after deadly shooting outside Lidl in Maryland
Teen shot, killed near The Mall in Columbia
A teenage boy was shot and killed near The Mall in Columbia on Saturday evening. Another teenage boy was also shot and rushed to the hospital. Police say the shooting was targeted and there was only one shooter.
COLUMBIA, Md. – An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a deadly double shooting outside a Lidl grocery store in Columbia, Howard County police announced Sunday.
Emmetson Zeah, of Columbia, was taken into custody overnight and is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and related offenses. He is being held without bail at the Howard County Detention Center.
Murder investigation
The backstory:
Police responded just before 6 p.m. Saturday to reports of gunfire in the parking lot and bus loop area of the Lidl in the 10300 block of Little Patuxent Parkway. Officers found two teenage victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
Michael Robertson, 16, of Columbia, was pronounced dead at the scene. Blake McCray, 15, also of Columbia, was rushed to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he remains in critical condition.
Investigators believe Zeah specifically targeted the victims, though the motive remains unclear.
A firearm and the clothing Zeah allegedly wore during the shooting were recovered from his residence, police said.
Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the attack.
The Source: Howard County police
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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