ROSEDALE, Md. — It happened before the sun rose this Christmas Eve morning. Around 6:30 a.m., police were called to the Ross Ridge apartment homes off of Rossville Boulevard in Rosedale.
"It's just real crazy. When I came out this morning, I was like, 'what's going on?'" William Larson recalled to WMAR-2 News. "They had everything blocked off. Then I found out later it was a shooting."
Baltimore County Police said 30-year-old Mark Jones, shot his two children—one of them fatally—as well as the children's mother and himself.
The father, the woman, and one child all remain hospitalized. Police identified the deceased child as four-year-old Jacobi Jones.
Detectives spent the morning coming in and out of one of the apartment buildings in the complex. Police vehicles remained posted in the parking lot on Breslin Court.
"Nothing like this out here. It's peaceful," a neighbor named Theresa told WMAR-2 News.
She lives in the building too; she didn't hear anything this morning, but her brother did.
"My brother said police knocked on the door 6:00 this morning and asked if we ok."
Police have not released the names or ages of the victims yet, or how they were related.
"Ugh, I just thought about it - I do know some kids live in that building. So hopefully none of them are involved because normally, I come out, they're playing at the playground and stuff like that," Larson said.
People who live in this apartment complex were upset to hear about violence taking place in their neighborhood, especially during the Christmas holiday.
"It's supposed to be about loving your family," Larson said.
