Towson-area mass shooting took place after nearby funeral for slain teen

Baltimore County Police have said that the 10 people in one minivan who were wounded, one fatally, during the mass shooting and ensuing crash in the Towson area Tuesday , may have known Andrew Blessing, a 19-year-old father of one who was killed earlier this month less than two miles away . .

Blessing’s funeral was held hours before the mass shooting Tuesday evening on White Oak Avenue, just a few blocks away from a residence owned by Blessing’s family, according to property records.

Police have not said if there was a connection between the mass shooting and Blessing’s death or funeral, which was held at Parkview Funeral Home and Cremation Service, l ess than two miles from the shooting. But they do suspect that the people riding in the minivan knew Blessing or the teen’s family.

Nine of the 10 people in the minivan were shot during the mass shooting; they ranged in age from 14 to 27, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said in a news conference last week. He identified the individual killed as 26-year-old Charles Graham Jr.

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