Baltimore Police Release the Name of Those Involved in Murder/Suicide Attempt

According to the Baltimore County, Maryland news release, police authorities have identified those involved in the murder and attempted suicide on September 17th in the Essex area.

Police authorities in Baltimore, Maryland have identified two people who had been involved in a murder/suicide that took place early Saturday morning at 1200 South Marlyn Avenue. Marissa Ann Shcott, 26, and Eugene George Rossmark, 28, are the two people have been identified. Schott who lived at the above address and Rossmark who lived at the 700 block of South Atwood Road had been at Schott's home when her former boyfriend Carl Eugene Locklear broke into her house through a rear door. He then went upstairs where he found Schott an Rossmark inside her bedroom. Locklear than allegedly shot Rossmark several times with a handgun, then turned the gun on himself.

When police arrived at the scene, Rossmark was pronounced dead. Schott was lucky and sustained no injuries, and Loclklear was transported to a Bayview Medical Center where he was placed on life support. Police are assuming that the motive was jealously, however no specifics details have been made.

According to the Violence Policy Center there is approximately 1200 murder/suicides each year. Out of those 1200 murder/suicides, 500 of them are suicides by people who just killed another person. 75 percent of them involve the boyfriend or girlfriend or even spouse. 96 percent of all murder/suicides are done my males. 92 percent of the murder/suicides involve a gun of some sort. 92 percent of the crimes happen in the house of the victim murdered. When a murder/suicide occurs, there is an average six year difference between the murderer and the victim. 23 percent of all murder/suicides are done by someone who is 55 or older.