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The police confirmed the second victim in the shopping center in Columbia Shooting

The second victim of the double shootout in front of the shopping center in Columbia from last weekend has died, the police authority from Howard County said on Saturday.

Officials published an update on March 1, in which 15-year-old Blake McCray succumbed to his injuries.

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The police announced on February 22nd at 5:52 p.m. that officials reacted to the parking lot and the bus loop outside of Lidl in the 10,300 block of the Little Patuxent Parkway for a report on fired shots.

On arrival, the officers found two victims with gunshot wounds.

16-year-old Michael Robertson was declared dead at the crime scene. Robertson visited the wild Lake High School.

The 15-year-old Blake McCray was brought to the shock trauma center of the University of Maryland in a critical condition, but later died.

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The police said they found that the victims had been shot in the area of ​​the stairs, which led from the bus stop next to the Barnes and Noble and the Lidl parking lot. At the top of these stairs, the officers found two cartridges with 9 mm.

The police from Howard County arrested 18-year-old Emmetetson Zeah and accused him of murder in connection with the double shooting. The police released an update on Saturday, in which the indictment against Zeah is changed.

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The police also said that Zeah was accepted into custody at home on January 8 after arrest in December, and will also be charged with attempted murder for a separate shootout, which only happened on February 14 from the shopping center from the shopping center.

Zeah planned a hearing for later this month.