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Springdale Hotel Shooting Leaves One Dead and Suspect Arrested

Police say surveillance shows gunfire into a second-floor room where an infant and the child's mother were unharmed

Overview

  • Springdale officers responded early Tuesday morning to the Extended Stay Suites on Glensprings Drive and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in a second-floor room.
  • The victim, later identified as 30-year-old Charles Carr of Cincinnati, was taken to Bethesda North Hospital and died from his injuries.
  • Police say the shooter fired multiple rounds from an exterior balcony outside Room 232 while the victim, the child's mother, and a one-year-old were inside; the mother and child were not injured.
  • Officers recovered surveillance footage, a firearm, and clothing the suspect removed after the shooting, and they found and arrested 20-year-old Nigel Norman hiding in a nearby motel laundry room.
  • Norman faces charges including murder and felonious assault and is being held pending arraignment while investigators continue to interview witnesses and review evidence.