POLICE INVESTIGATING APPARENT HOMICIDE IN DORCHESTER CO.

(Federalsburg, MD) – State and local police continue to investigate an early morning shooting in Dorchester County that left one man dead and another injured.

The deceased victim is identified as Charles W. Peterson, 57, of the 6700-block of Bailey Store Road, Federalsburg, Md. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The injured victim is also an adult male, but is not being identified at this time.

Shortly before 6:00 a.m. today, Dorchester County sheriff’s deputies and Maryland state troopers were dispatched to a trailer park in the 6700-block of Bailey Store Road, Federalsburg, Md. for the report of a shooting. A 9-1-1 call was received from a relative of the wounded victim, who reported the shooting after being called by him.

Police found the deceased male in the residence. The wounded victim was also there and was flown by a Maryland State Police helicopter to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment of apparent gunshot wounds.

Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators responded to the scene, as did crime scene technicians from the State Police Forensic Sciences Division. Processing of the scene is continuing.

The preliminary investigation indicates that more than one male suspect entered the house before 6:00 a.m. today and shot both men. A motive has not been identified and it is unknown if anything was taken from the residence. However, investigators do not believe this is a random crime.

The crime scene is in a trailer in a small trailer park about five miles from Federalsburg. Police are continuing to interview other residents in the area.

Assisting Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators with this continuing investigation are detectives from the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, investigators from the State Police Easton Barracks Criminal Investigation Section, and members of the Dorchester County State’s Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the confidential tips line at the Easton Barracks at 410-819-4796.