CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Maryland State Police are investigating two deadly shootings that occurred a few hours apart in Cambridge on Thursday night.
The first one was reported at around 7:15 p.m. on 400 block of Pleasant Street. When Cambridge police officers arrived on the scene, they found 24-year-old Taijay Brian Daniels, of Cambridge, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a preliminary investigation, an unknown black male wearing a black jacket, dark jeans, black shoes, and black book bag robbed Daniels at gunpoint. During the course of the robbery, the gunman shot Daniels before fleeing the area.
Then at around 10 p.m., Cambridge police got another call for a shooting, this time on the 700 block of High Street. When they arrived on the scene, officers found 69-year-old Lory Eugene Fields of Cambridge lying in a yard with a gunshot wound to the head. He was also pronounced dead at the scene.
Both cases remain under investigation. The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was contacted by Cambridge Police to assume the investigation of this case as well. Maryland State Police crime scene technicians processed both homicide locations. The Cambridge Police Department is assisting in these cases.
Anyone with information on these cases is asked to contact Maryland State Police at 410-819-4747.
