High Point High School Shooting: Husband Sought in Wife's Death

Updated at 11 p.m.

BELTSVILLE, MD — An Adelphi man is the target of a Prince George's County Police Department manhunt, accused of gunning down his estranged wife as she went to pick up her children at school Thursday.

The shooting occurred about 4:40 p.m. in the parking lot of High Point High School on Powder Mill Road in Beltsville. The suspect is 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil of the 1800 block of Metzerott Road.

Tordil is an employee of the Federal Protective Service.

Police say the suspect shot his wife, Gladys Tordil, 44, several times after an argument. She died at the scene.

Officer found Gladys Tordil was fatally shot in her SUV. A man who tried to intervene in the couple's argument was also shot and taken to a hospital. His injury is not considered life-threatening, police say.

Investigators say Eulalio Tordil followed his wife onto school property when she went to pick up her children, who attend High Point High School. Tordil got out of his car and confronted Gladys Tordil as she sat in her vehicle.

Authorities say Eulalio Tordil first shot the good Samaritan, and then Gladys Tordil multiple times.

Police Chief Hank Stawinski said there was never a shooter inside the school and no students were hurt. The violence was a “sad, sad case of domestic violence,” he said.

Several witnesses – both adults and students – saw the argument and shooting. There is also video footage of the shooting, Stawinski said, which detectives are reviewing.

Anyone with information on where police can find Eulalio Tordil is asked to call 911. Monitor @PGPDNews for the latest information in this investigation.

Patch's Original Post:

A woman has died and a man was injured in a domestic shooting at High Point High School in Beltsville, say police, who are searching for a man believed responsible for the attack.

Prince George's County Police said Thursday that the encounter appears to be a domestic-related shooting.

The department says no students were directly involved in the shootings at the school, located at 3601 Powder Mill Road in Beltsville.

A man and woman argued in the school parking lot, and a man who saw the heated exchanged walked toward the man. At that point, the suspect shot the bystander in the shoulder; he is expected to recover, said Police Chief Hank Stawinski.

The gunman then shot the woman several times and she died at the scene, Stawinski said. The victim was a mother who had children at High Point.

Authorities have not released the names of anyone involved.

The police chief said the man who tried to intervene was not a school employe, he was a visitor to the building.

There was never a shooter inside the school and no students were hurt, officials said.

This was a “sad, sad case of domestic violence,” Stawinski said, noting the couple had a “prior relationship.”

Several witnesses – both adults and students – saw the argument and shooting. There is also video footage of the shooting, Stawinski said, which detectives are reviewing.

Officers believe they have identified the suspected gunman, who drove away from the scene. The police chief said when they are more confident about the suspect, they will share details with the public to help locate the shooter.

Parents who need to pick up children from High Point High School can use the cafeteria door to enter building. Roads in front of school are open.

Prince George's County Schools officials said school had dismissed about two hours before the shooting.

Patch will update this breaking news.

»Photo from scene Credit: Matt Palmer via Twitter; Police Chief Hank Stawinski at press conference, courtesy of Prince George's County Police; photo of accused shooter Eulalio Tordil, courtesy of police