Brianna Benlolo and Tyler Johnson have been identified as the two victims in today’s mall shooting in suburban Baltimore. Some reports on the Internet say that Brianna Benlolo and Tyler Johnson were boyfriend and girlfriend.
CNN:
Police identified the dead employees as Brianna Benlolo, 21, of College Park, Maryland, and Tyler Johnson, 25, of Ellicott City, Maryland. Both worked at Zumiez, a shop that caters to skaters, where the shootings took place
The body of the suspected shooter was found near a shotgun on the floor of Zumiez, police said. A large amount of ammunition was found near the body, leading investigators to suspect that he might be carrying explosives.
The first 911 call about the shooting came at about 11:15 a.m. and officers were in the mall within two minutes, police said.
The shooting “seems to have been very contained to that store and the area just outside,” McMahon told reporters.
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| Brianna Benlolo Facebook photo – Zumiez at The Mall in Columbia |
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Brianna Benlolo was a mother, with one son and originally from Florida. Not much is known about Tyler Johnson yet. Still, even several hours later the gunman isn’t indentified, and there are reports he not only had a shotgun with a lot of ammo, but explosives too. Strange how quiet the media is about this.