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In the quiet town of Smithsburg, Maryland, the life of 31-year-old Charles Edward Minnick Jr., a male resident, was tragically cut short on Thursday, June 9, 2022. He was one of three employees fatally shot by a coworker at Columbia Machine, a local manufacturing facility. The incident left another colleague critically injured and shattered the peace of the close-knit community.

The workday turned into a scene of terror when a fellow employee, identified as 23-year-old Joe Louis Esquivel ...Read More
Victim Details

Charles Edward Minnick, Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Smithsburg

MD

2022-06-09

31

Charles

Edward Minnick Jr.

01/24/2026