Catonsville: Police search for motive in elderly couple’s murder – suicide

Baltimore County Police are continuing their investigation into a domestic-related murder/suicide at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville on the afternoon of September 21. On Saturday, police reported that they were called to a parking lot in the community in the 700 block of Maiden Choice Lane, in Catonsville, Maryland, around 1:52 p.m. for a call of a shooting. There they discovered the bodies of two community residents, both suffering from a single gunshot wound to the upper body.

Both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation revealed that the suspect, identified as Clifford Wilson Terry, 78, wheeled his recently injured wife, Mary Kathleen Black Terry, 79, out to their car in a wheelchair.

Once at the car, police say he shot his wife once in the upper body, killing her, and then turned the gun on himself, also shooting himself once in the upper body. ~ BCoPD

The couple lived in the independent living area of the community and were therefore permitted to legally possess a firearm, which was recovered from the scene. Additional investigation will be conducted on the firearm, identified only as a revolver; but police confirmed that the gun was not reported stolen.

The Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit is continuing their investigation into this incident in an effort to determine a motive for the killings.

(Source:  Baltimore County Police)

~ Written by: Richard Webster, Ace News Today   /   Connect with Richard on Facebook and Twitter