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Mark Alan Frey

Case from Smithsburg, MD dated Jun 09, 2022

Victim Details

Mark Alan Frey

Male

White / Caucasian

Smithsburg

MD

2022-06-09

50

Mark

Alan Frey

07/27/2026

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On a tragic afternoon in Smithsburg, Maryland, the life of 50-year-old Mark Alan Frey was cut short in a burst of workplace violence. On June 9, 2022, Frey was fatally shot at his place of employment, Columbia Machine Inc. He was not the only victim that day; two of his co-workers, Charles Edward Minnick, Jr., 31, and Joshua Robert Wallace, 30, were also killed. Another colleague and a state trooper were wounded but survived.

The perpetrator was identified as 23-year-old Joe Louis Esquive ...
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  • WBFF: State police ID troopers wounded, captured mass shooting suspect in Western Maryland
  • FOX 5 DC: Joe Louis Esquivel charged with murder in Smithsburg manufacturing facility shooting
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    I can't stop thinking about Mark and how much he meant to so many people in our community. It's such... ...Read More
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