5 people found dead in Maryland home following reports of shooting

Police believe that there is no threat to the public following the shooting

Five people were found dead inside a home in northeastern Maryland on Friday after deputies were called to investigate a report of a shooting, authorities said.

Cecil County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Michael Holmes said in an email that five people were found dead inside the home on a cul-de-sac in Elk Mills, a few miles from the Delaware state line.

Deputies were called to the home just after 9 a.m. and made entry to find the bodies, Holmes said.

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Five people were found dead in a Maryland home after police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in Elk Mills.

There was no threat to the public, Holmes said. The sheriff was planning to release more information in the afternoon.

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The shooting occurred in a residential neighborhood interspersed with wooded areas about 60 miles northeast of Baltimore.

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