By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 27, 2016

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Police say a man was killed and a woman was hurt in a shooting in a Salisbury apartment.

The agency said in a news release that Monday night, officers with the Salisbury Police Department were flagged down by a citizen who reported a shooting on Baker Street. Salisbury police and investigators with the State Police homicide unit went to the apartment.

Authorities say police found 31-year-old James Edward Joyce and 56-year-old Hilda Barkley in the apartment. Troopers say Joyce died on the way to a hospital, and Barkley was admitted to the hospital.



The shooting is under investigation.

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