UPDATED: Police release victim, suspect identities in Salisbury shooting

UPDATE 2:52 p.m. Sept. 4:

Police have released the identities of the suspect and surviving victim in Tuesday’s shooting near Salisbury University.

The apparent murder-suicide left two dead and one wounded.
According to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Ryan Justin Shallue, 21, of Stevensville, shot Salisbury student Kristen Renee Loetz, 20, also of Stevensville, and former Salisbury student Charles Jacob Abbott, 19, of Hebron, in an off-campus residence.
Shallue traveled from Queen Anne’s County to Salisbury Tuesday evening to see Loetz, his former girlfriend, according to a media release. Around 6 p.m., the two began arguing and when Abbott tried to intervene, Shallue produced a gun and opened fire. He then fatally shot himself inside the house.
Abbott was pronounced dead at Peninsula Regional Medical Center and Shallue was pronounced dead at the scene. Loetz was transported to the University of Maryland Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds. She remains in critical but stable condition.
Original story below:
An apparent murder-suicide has left two dead and one wounded in a neighborhood near Salisbury University yesterday evening.
Wicomico County Police and Salisbury officials reported an unidentified man entered an off-campus house and shot two people — a female Salisbury student and Charles Abbott, a former Salisbury student — at about 6 p.m.
The shooter then fatally shot himself inside the house, according to reports. Police are investigating the incident and believe it may have been an act of domestic violence.
Abott was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead, according to Delmarvanow.com. The female student was taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center and was in critical condition as of 12 a.m. today, according to reports.
“We extend our compassion and prayers to the victims’ and students’ families and friends,” Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach said in a message to the campus community Tuesday night. “We are a caring community, and I know we will support one another following this tragedy.