A gunman suspected of killing three people and wounding two others at his job in Maryland early Wednesday shot a sixth person at a Delaware car dealership hours later, authorities said.
Radee Labeeb Prince, 37, shot the male victim in Wilmington, striking him in the head, according to Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy.
The victim, who knew Prince, gave police Prince’s name and the description of Prince’s vehicle, a 2008 black GMC Acadia SUV, Tracy said. Police, who had received an earlier alert about Prince from Maryland officials, spotted the vehicle leaving the scene and briefly chased it, before losing it.
A multistate hunt was underway for Prince, who authorities said drove to Wilmington after the Maryland shooting, about 55 miles away.
“This is targeted. This individual knew the people he wanted to go shoot,” Tracy said of the six victims. “This wasn’t a random act of violence where the person went out indiscriminately and was shooting people up.”
Tracy said he didn’t believe the two shootings were connected.
“The only connection is that he knew the individuals in Maryland and he knew the individual he shot” in Wilmington, Tracy said.
The police chief said Prince and the Wilmington victim have “had beefs, and they’ve had history together.”
Tracy said Prince has a lengthy criminal history, including 42 arrests, mostly for probation violations, and 15 felony convictions.
Tracy did not offer details.
“This guy can be anywhere, “Tracy said. “We have New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland in such close proximity of Wilmington.”
Source: CNN
