Md. prosecutor’s goal: Extradite accused workplace shooter

A police officer puts up crime scene tape at the scene of shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. A gunman opened fire at the office park killing several co-workers and wounded others, authorities said. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Police respond to a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Police and Emergency Medical Services respond to a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (Matt Button/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Workers from the Advanced Granite Solutions company console each other as police and Emergency Medical Services respond to a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. A gunman opened fire at the office park killing several co-workers and wounded others, authorities said. (Matt Button/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
This photo provided by the Maryland State Police shows Radee Labeeb Prince. On Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, authorities say a man showed up for work at a countertop company in Maryland and shot several of his co-workers and then drove to Wilmington, Del., and shot a man he knew at an auto sales and service business. Prince, the suspect in the shootings in Maryland and Delaware is in custody, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. (Maryland State Police via AP)
Unidentified bystanders embrace as police and Emergency Medical Services respond to a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2017. (Matt Button/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler speaks at a news conference following a shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The gunman killed multiple co-workers and wounded others before fleeing the scene, Gahler said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Officials stand outside the scene of a fatal shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The victims and the suspect worked for Advanced Granite Solutions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
A law enforcement official walks away from the scene of a fatal shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
A law enforcement official walks away from the scene of a fatal shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A law enforcement official walks away from the scene of a fatal shooting at a business park in the Edgewood area of Harford County, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

WASHINGTON — Maryland prosecutors are working to get accused workplace shooter Radee Prince extradited from Delaware, where he is being held on bond for attempted murder.

Prince, who police say opened fire on his co-workers in Harford County, Maryland, killing three of them, was caught in Wilmington, Delaware, following a subsequent shooting there and 10-hour manhunt.

Joe Cassilly, the state’s attorney for Harford County, tells WTOP he’s filed multiple charges against Prince, 37, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in the shooting at Advanced Granite Solutions on Wednesday.

Using a handgun, Prince opened fire at the kitchen counter manufacturer, killing three co-workers: Bayarsaikhan Todev, 53, of Arlington, Virginia; Jose Hidalgo Romero, 34, of Aberdeen, Maryland; and Enis Mrvoljak, 48, of Dundalk, Maryland, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s department. Two injured co-workers remain in critical condition.

“We’re still working to … bring our investigation to completion and make sure all the T’s are crossed and I’s are dotted so that our investigation is ready to go when he shows up here,” said Harford County Police Maj. William Davis.

Prince is being held on a $2.1 million cash bond in Wilmington on attempted murder charges there after, Wilmington police say, he drove from the Maryland shooting to Delaware and shot an acquaintance in the head. That person is recovering.

Cassilly said he’s spoken with the U.S. attorney’s office in Wilmington about Prince’s extradition. If Prince decides to fight extradition to Maryland, where he faces more significant charges both in penalty and number, Cassilly says it would delay the process but will likely not derail the extradition entirely.

“We have done that before. We know what we’re doing,” Cassilly said of coordinating an extradition.

Standing outside the granite manufacturer, Lauren Arikan expressed her condolences for the families of the affected employees.

“I know most of the people who work here and my reaction was horror,” said Arikan, who is coordinating Advanced Granite Solutions’ community response.

She posted a donation page for the victims families, which she told reporters she will update when she learns of the families’ needs.

“I’ve talked to a few of them and they are exactly how you can imagine. They are struggling,” Arikan said.

Megan Cloherty

WTOP Investigative Reporter Megan Cloherty primarily covers breaking news, crime and courts.

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