Snochia Moseley: 5 Things To Know About Maryland Shooter

PERRYMAN, MD — As people were reporting to work Thursday morning at an industrial area more than 30 miles north of Baltimore, authorities said that a woman opened fire. She shot four people fatally, including herself, officials said.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office identified the shooter Thursday afternoon as Snochia Moseley, 26, of Baltimore County.

Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said that a motive is unknown, and the investigation continues.

Here are five things to know about Snochia Moseley:

Moseley was a temporary employee. She had been working at the Rite Aid facility for less than two weeks and was hired as part of the up-staffing ahead of the holidays, according to Gahler. The building is one of several large warehouse-type structures in an industrial area. Clorox, Worthington Armstrong Venture and Maines also have buildings in about a 1-mile radius. She had arrived at work at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, then returned home to Baltimore County less than an hour later. After re-entering the facility at 8:53 a.m., she was seen going outside at 9:05 a.m., pulling a hooded shirt over her head, "and that's when the shooting begins," Gahler said, noting it was break time for employees.

She used a single handgun. Moseley shot her victims with a 9 mm Glock that she legally purchased in March, according to Gahler. The shooting began outside the distribution center and then continued inside. There were 65 employees inside at the time. She shot one fatally outside and fired several bullets but did not hit anyone else, the sheriff said, before she moved inside the building and shot five other people. There were 13 rounds fired inside the building. He said it was unclear whether she had a relationship with her victims. Moseley shot herself twice; the first time she sustained a graze wound, he reported. She later died at the hospital from a gunshot wound to the head.

She moved around in Baltimore County. There are multiple addresses for Moseley. Court records show she lived in the Nottingham and Essex areas in the past six months. A classmate who attended Overlea High School with Moseley from 2007 to 2011 described her as "laid back," The Washington Post reported.

Building where Aberdeen shooter may have lived. pic.twitter.com/EDay944oOt
— David Collins (@dcollinsWBAL) September 20, 2018

She has no criminal record. But Moseley did have a few traffic violations. She was pulled over three times in the past month for driving with an expired registration. Her most recent brush with law enforcement was on Sept. 2, when she was pulled over on MD 43/White Marsh Boulevard at Perry Hall Boulevard for failure to change her address and driving with suspended registration. The car she drove to work Thursday belonged to a friend, officials said.

Suspects family area gathering inside this house. Several people had been on the portch crying loudly, some hysterically. One person said we are trying to figure out what happened. pic.twitter.com/pOmaWLmh41
— David Collins (@dcollinsWBAL) September 20, 2018

She had a mental illness. "Overnight the detectives interviewed family members and friends and executed a search warrant at the White Marsh residence of the shooter looking for some motive or some cause," the sheriff said Friday morning. "While no evidence directly related to the shooting was recovered, evidence that the shooter was suffering with a mental illness was identified." She was diagnosed with a mental illness in 2016, according to Gahler, who would not specify the nature of the illness. He said: "Friends and family members relayed to detectives that over the last two weeks, she had become increasingly agitated, and that they were concerned for her well-being." Pepper spray and handcuffs were found on her body, according to officials.

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Help for Those Considering Suicide

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, there are resources to help.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-SUICIDE (or 1-800-784-2433), and its website offers services including a live chat.

Also find resources available around Maryland to help those who are in crisis.

Photo by Jose Luis Magana/AP.