Suspect accused of killing wife, 2 others in Washington, DC area shootings arrested

BETHESDA, Md. – The latest on the three fatal shootings in the Washington suburbs (all times ETl):

3:10 p.m.

Documents show the woman police say was killed by her estranged husband outside a Maryland high school had previously told authorities he threatened to harm her if she left him.

According to a protective order obtained by The Washington Post, Gladys Tordil said Eulalio Tordil once slapped her so hard that her glasses broke on her face.

Eulalio Tordil is suspected in three fatal shootings in the Washington, D.C., area. He was taken into custody on Friday afternoon.

In the protective order, Gladys Tordil said Eulalio, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, subjected their children to "intense-military-like discipline," like pushups and detention in a dark closet.

The Federal Protective Service says Tordil was put on administrative duties in March after the protective order was issued. He was subsequently placed on administrative leave.

3 p.m.

Authorities say a suspect in three fatal shootings in the Washington, D.C., area has been taken into custody.

Police announced at a news conference Friday that 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil had been taken into custody without incident. Tordil is an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which provides security at federal properties. He was put on administrative duties in March after a protective order was issued against him.

The first shooting occurred Thursday at a high school. The second occurred in a mall parking lot Friday morning and the third happened about 30 minutes later at a nearby shopping center.

2:05 p.m.

Police say a two people are dead and two others are wounded after two shootings at a mall and a shopping center in the Washington suburbs.

Montgomery County police spokesman Capt. Paul Starks said Friday a man has died following the shooting at the mall.

Police said a woman was shot earlier at a grocery store about 5 miles away. Police later tweeted that the woman has died. It's not clear if the shootings are connected.

Starks says police are still looking at the possibility that the two shootings in Montgomery County are related, and they are also looking at the possibility that they are related to a fatal shooting at a high school Thursday in neighboring Prince George's County.