Friday 10 June 2022 03:16 PM PIC: Victims of mass shooting at Maryland concrete plant where worker, 23, shot ... trends now
The families of those gunned down during a mass shooting in Maryland have paid tribute to their loved ones.
Charles Edward Minnick, Jr., 31, Joshua Robert Wallace, 30, and Mark Alan Frey, 50, died inside Columbia Machine Shop in Smithsburg yesterday afternoon.
A 23-year-old colleague went on a deadly rampage and shot them dead with a semi-automatic handgun around 2.30pm ET.
One man, Brandon Chase Michael, 42, was also injured in the shooting, with his current condition unclear.
Wallace's girlfriend and Minnick's relative led tributes on Friday morning after their devastating loses.
Toms wrote: 'My heart is completely shattered. I lost the love of my life today. I love you so much, baby, I hate this. Our future is gone, you're gone, I can't believe your gone. God, I love you so much'
Charles Edward Minnick, Jr., 31, (pictured with his wife Lisa) was one of the three victims who died during the Smithburg shooting
Taylor Toms wrote of her boyfriend: 'My heart is completely shattered. I lost the love of my life today. I love you so much, baby, I hate this.'
She added: 'Our future is gone, you're gone, I can't believe your gone. God, I love you so much.'
Minnick's relative Larry Specht put: 'Please pray for my wonderful wife and family and the other famil[ies] involved with today's shooting in Smithburg.
'We lost a son today, he was more than a son, he was my little buddy. RIP CJ, we will miss you much.'
The shooter, whose name has not been released, also worked at the site and was in custody at a medical center as of last night.
The gunman reportedly used a
