A judge denied bail on Monday for the 23-year-old suspect who police reported shot and killed three of his co-workers at a manufacturing plant in Smithsburg last week.
The bail review hearing was set in Washington County Court for Joe Louis Esquivel. It was reported that Esquivel worked throughout the day at the business, Columbia Machine INC., prior to the incident.
The three victims were identified as 50-year-old Mark Alan Frey, Charles Edward Minnick Jr., 31, and 30-year-old Joshua Robert Wallace.
A fourth worker, Brandon Chase Michael, 42, and Sgt. Phillip Martin were also shot.
WBAL-TV 11 contributed to this report.
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