Sheriff’s office IDs suspect in fatal shooting of Waldorf 7-Eleven clerk

A suspect in the fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk in Charles County, Maryland, has been identified.

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Gregory DeShawn Collins, 22, of Waldorf, in connection with the killing of 7-Eleven worker 49-year-old Lynn Marie Maher on Oct. 1.

Maher was working at the store on Middletown Road in Waldorf when she was shot and killed during a robbery, a news release said.

There is a reward of up to $42,500 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the suspect. Anyone with information should call detectives at 301-609-6474. And anyone who sees the suspect should not approach him but call 911.

gregory deshawn collins
Gregory DeShawn Collins, 22. (Courtesy Charles County Sheriff’s Office)

 

Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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