Killer Left The Motor Running

"HAMPSTEAD, MD - A Halethorpe man under indictment on weapons charges blasted his way into a Hampstead home with a shotgun Tuesday morning and killed his ex-wife's fiance and then himself, police said.

"Michael Leo Swift III, 45, pulled into the driveway in the 1200 block of Allview Drive, left the engine running in his dark-green Saturn and burst through a sliding-glass door in the back of the house with the 12-gauge shotgun. Police found Zaidan Stephen Asid, 51, dead in a first-floor family room, said Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley.

"Swift's body lay nearby, the weapon still in his hands, Shipley said.

"Hallie Patricia Swift, 44, called police from the house about 11 a.m., saying her ex-husband had just broken in, shot her fiance and then himself. She was not injured but was taken to Carroll Hospital Center.

"Police could not say what might have provoked the attack."

From The Baltimore Sun...