[96] Advanced Granite Solutions & 28th Street Auto Sales

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active shooter, active shooter, active shooter in mass casualty incidents. Thank you for listening. You are listening to Active Shooter, a podcast that may contain adult themes, explicit language, and graphic depictions of violence. Portions of the show may be traumatic for those under eighteen. Listener discretion is advised. It was a dramatic, bloody day of workplace violence, car chases, and a suspected cold blooded killer now in handcuffs. A man so callous after his alleged

rampage. Sources tell us he was spotted by police casually walking down the street smoking a cigar. Overnight, police capturing after chasing him on foot following an eleven hour multi state manhunt for the suspected killer accused of gunning down three people and critically wounding two others at his office just outside of Baltimore, then shooting another man in Delaware. Advanced Granite Solutions and twenty eighth Street Auto Sales are

two businesses offering vastly different services. There wouldn't appear to be any nexus between the two they sit fifty miles apart in two different states, Yet on October eighteenth, twenty seventeen, the two were inextricably linked by hate. They hate one man, harbored deep in his heart, was carried out in the most horrific way possible, by brutally stealing the lives of several people and permanently altering

so many more lives, perhaps beyond repair. Today's case is dedicated to the lives and memories of the three injured survivors and the three shooting victims, Jose Hidalgo, Romero, Enes Meravaljak and by our Sakhan Too dev Active Shooter. The podcast is a High five Holly production and I'm your host j T. If you've listened to our prior episodes, you know that the Active Shooter podcast team has taken the no notoriety pledge. We will not be sharing the real

name to the shooters that we cover. We will be giving the shooters a pseudon them and refer to them by that name throughout the episode. This will help in clearing up any confusion in the story. While remaining true to our pledge and not naming the shooter by their actual name, we will refer to today's shooter as Lance. Advanced Granite Solutions, a manufacturer and installer of granite countertops, was a company owned by Buach Cabba and operated in Edgewood, Maryland

since two thousand and four. The business was located at twenty one eleven Emerton Park Road and sat approximately twenty miles northeast of Baltimore. Employees of this business began arriving for their regularly scheduled shifts, including thirty seven year old Lance, who arrived shortly before eight a m. Which is when the business opened.

Lance was employed as a machine operator with Advanced for about four months, and while things appeared normal on the surface, on Wednesday, October eighteenth, twenty seventeen, it turned out to be anything but routine. Lance wasn't at work long before heading back out to the parking lot, walking to his suv, where he pulled out and put on a black jacket. He re entered the

facility and returned to his workstation. Shortly before nine am, Lance was seen on video surveillance standing close to one of the machines while speaking to five co workers. He told the men to quote, come with me. I want to say something to everybody. Without another word, Lance raised his weapon and shot each of the men, severely, injuring two and instantly killing the other. Three included thirty four year old Jose Hidalgo Romero, who went by Oscar.

Oscar, described as a light in the Latino community, was a diligent worker who didn't hoard his money or by fancy clothes or cars. He donated a portion of the salary to help pay the rent at the church he attended, a place that he visited several days a week to worship. Oscar had lived in El Salvador, but came to Maryland to live about thirteen years earlier

to help care for family. The selfless gesture further illustrates the compassionate and generous nature of this man, for he left his wife, child and siblings in El Salvador to work and care for others, and the family he left behind will never be the same without him. Lance's short, deadly blasts also stole the life of fifty three year old by A Psikon tu dev a father of

one dog and two sons and grandfather to many. Born on March thirty first, nineteen sixty four in Mongolia, he immigrated to the States to pursue the proverbial American dream. Before visiting in the US, he owned a furniture business in his home country, where he'd also been a gymnast in his youth. By Our Psycon was a music aficionado, especially for a rock and roll and his favorite bands or the Beejis, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.

He had plenty of time to jam out to his favorites every day, as the commute to work was two hours. He enjoyed the work at Advanced Granite Solutions so much he didn't mind the extra long commute from northern Virginia, not when it meant doing what he was passionate about. Indeed, his greater ambition was to one day have his own granite company. By Our Psycon was a regular fixture at his church and was learning to play gospel music on his guitar.

He was chosen to be baptized at the Washington Mongolian Church in April, a decision he was genuinely honored by a role model for the younger generation at the church. By our Pichon would be fiercely missed by all whose lives he touched. Initial nine one one calls began rolling into Central Dispatch at eight fifty eight am, meaning the first call was nearly instantaneous. Deputies from the Harford

County Sheriff's Office responded and were on scene within four minutes. The police immediately alerted the public to the armed gunman situation and that he was already mobile or on the run by the time they arrived. Lance shot his co workers and fled, driving a black two thousand and eight Acadia headed towards Delaware. Lance's picture was placed on FBI billboards all along I ninety five from Philadelphia to Washington, DC and even in Atlantic City. While the man hunt was on back

it advanced. Granted police encountered the third deceased shooting victim, Ennis Marvalgik, a forty eight year old man born on February fifteenth, nineteen sixty nine in Bosnia, Herzegovina. In two thousand and two, Ennis and his wife moved to Maryland and he eventually began working for Advanced Granite. An enthusiastic man who

never got angry, Ennis loved his family and helping when he could. The weekend before he was murdered, he helped his daughter lay a stone driveway, not minding the work on his day off when it meant helping his child. Ennis's wife moved back to Bosnia after several years of living in the States. She was terribly homesick, and though she returned to her beloved homeland, she

and Ennis traveled back and forth quite frequently. He was planning a trip there for the holidays, a trip that would never come to fruition, all because of the ghastly acts of a lone madman. Ennis's body was transported to Bosnia so he may be laid to rest with close family who will visit and mourn their loss every day. The two injured employees were rushed to the University of Maryland Medical Center Shock Trauma Center, where they were treated and ultimately released,

though perhaps never fully recovered. Several nearby businesses and schools, including Deerfield Elementary, William Paca Old Post Road Elementary, and Edgewood Elementary, Middle and high schools were placed on some form of lockdown, modified or otherwise. The school lockdowns were lifted a short time later. Police continued searching for Lance while another

team worked on securing the scene at Advanced Granite's facility. Because police didn't realize that this was a very targeted attack, he didn't anticipate that he had another mark in mind, a former co worker that worked with Lance at twenty eighth Street Auto Sales, a used card dealership located at twenty eight o one Northeast Boulevard, Wilmington, Delaware, about fifty miles from Advanced. Along the way,

Lance stopped at a Walmart where he purchased more AMMO. He arrived at the dealership at ten forty five am and immediately approached former friend and co worker Jason Ball in an aggressive manner. One of the former dealership employees later reported that she'd known Lance ever since childhood she could easily identify him. She briefly spoke with Lance in the parking lot, and he asked her where Jason was, to which she responded that she wasn't sure. She watched Lance walk into

the dealership and pull out a firearm. He walked towards and into Jason's office, where Jason was meeting with employee Court Hughes. Lance raised the gun and shot Chase and twice, with the first bullet hitting him in the face before lodging firmly into his spine. The employee in the parking lot ran away when she heard a gun shot. Lance wasn't able to keep shooting, so he

stepped out of the office to clear jam in the gun. Though he was severely injured, Jason managed to push his desk against the door and give himself a temporary reprieve from danger. Lance cleared the jam and pushed through the barricaded door and shot into the office again. He left the building and immediately walked right back in, pushed the office door open, and shot into the office one final time. He shot at Jason three times, but hit him twice.

It's not clear whether the second or third shot struck Jason in the pelvic area. Jason survived his injuries, and it's nothing short of a miracle. The employee that was meeting with Jason, Court Hughes was able to escape the shooting unharmed, or rather physically unharmed, aside from the trauma of witnessing his superior be shot before his very eyes. Court heard Lance after shooting Jason, saying in a menacing tone, bleed out bitch, before turning and running from

the building. Jason crawled to the front entrance of the building and called for help until other employees raced to his side, providing temporary triage. Jason named the shooter, saying he knew the man for several years. The police were

called and the Wilmington Police Department arrived at the dealership. Jason was still conscious enough to tell both the police were called and when the Wilmington Police Department arrived at the dealership, Jason was still conscious enough to tell both the shooter's identity as well as the description of the vehicle. Lance drove. Officers spotted a gmc Acadia turning out of the dealership, and as such managed to slip through the police's fingers. As he was on the run from law enforcement. In

Delaware, officers witnessed Lance throw something out the window. That's something proved to be the murder weapon. Now they could connect Lance to the gun and to the shooting, especially since he used the same gun for both shooting sites. During his escape, Lance shot at another witness, though mercifully he missed, although we managed to lose a boot in the process. At five thirty five PM, a tip was received that Lance was witnessed walking away from his car

near Glasgow High School in Newark, Delaware. He was puffing on a cigar, appearing like he hadnt a care in the world. Lance was about fifteen miles from the dealership before the witness reported the sighting near the high school. At six forty eight pm, Lance was seen walking behind the school, and by seven o five pm he was taken into custody after a short foot chase with AFT agents. Lance was born on November fifth, nineteen seventy nine.

He was described as having significant anger issues, erupting into violence and exhibiting combative behaviors. An advanced granted employee later said that Lance had approached them a month before the shooting, accusing the employee of talking about him to others. Lance was known for violence towards co workers, well most people, really. It just seemed that at work in particular, Lance lost his cool and got hostile,

especially if he believed someone was gossiping or talking behind his back. They usually weren't, but Lance wasn't convinced. Several employees filed complaints with human resources, but nothing ever seemed to come from it. In Delaware alone, Lance was arrested forty three times. He rarely made rent on time, and as such was frequently named in landlord tenants suits. He also had a plethora of

traffic violations. In twenty fourteen, he believed a co worker was talking against him, so he put the employee in a chokehold, which is clearly an overexaggerated reaction, although not as over the tops when the incident was reported to police. When Lance learned about the police report, he forced the co worker into the parking lot, where he proceeded to slam the employee to the ground hard enough for them to lose consciousness. Lance was charged with offensive touching,

which feels like a gross minimization of what actually transpired. The case was dismissed, though the reason why remains unknown. During March of twenty fifteen, Lance was pulled over on US forty and Cecil County, Maryland for a broken headlight. Deputy first Class Joseph M. Kenley stopped Lance in the Big Elks Shopping Center parking lot. As he approached the vehicle and began speaking, Lance started to get extremely loud and aggressive. The deputy tried to calm Lance down,

which only served to enrage him further. Another officer from the Elkton Police Department arrived on scene and ran Lance his license information. He had a suspended license and was wanted on a bench warrant for unpaid traffic citations. The police, along with a canine unit, began to search the vehicle and located a firearm

under the center console of the Fort Explorer that Lance drove. Because he already had fifteen felony convictions, which prevented him the right to possess a firearm, Lance was arrested and handcuffed, and because of the weapon and his record, Lance faced up to nine years in prison. A mere three months later,

the charges were dropped and Lance was free without consequence. Though the police, specifically the Sheriff's department, expected a criminal trial, the state's Attorney's office dismissed the case, citing the reason as the sheriff's deputy who made the traffic stop

ask them to. The sheriff's office denied these allegations, claiming the deputy appeared on the date of the trial, but the prosecutor elected to dismiss During an interview later in October of twenty seventeen, the state's attorney claimed that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with the case, which really sounds like they just didn't want to deal with it. Perhaps if he was convicted during this incident, he wouldn't have had access to weapons and thus the ability to carry out such

a horrendous crime. In twenty sixteen, Lance was accused of punching and trying to rob Jason Ball, who was the shooting survivor from twenty eighth Street Auto discussed earlier. In this episode, Lance was charged with offensive touching and robbery, but again the case was dismissed with no information as to why. In early two thousand seventeen, Lance was terminated from JPS Marble and granted after it

was alleged that he punched a co worker and threatened other employees. The former boss indicated that he was so worried for his own safety when it came to Lance, he had even attempted to obtain a personal protection order. However, the request was denied. The State of Maryland refused to release any records about any former cases, so no additional information could be obtained. Shooting survivor Jason Ball and his best friend, who will call stand for the purpose of clarity,

were thick as thieves. Stan was Lance's brother, He and Jason were best buddies. They were out at a nightclub one evening when Lance claimed that his brother called him a rat and that Stan and Jason hired some thugs to beat Lance up outside of the club. The assault was brutal, leaving Lance with a broken back and a deep laceration to his forehead. As a result

of the head injury, Lance was placed into a medically induced coma. In January twenty sixteen, Stan was newly released from prison and the brothers were together at their father's house when the siblings got into a physical altercation, although the reason why is unknown. At one point during this same incident, Jason and Stan left the residence and Lance alleged that Jason quote drove the truck right into him. Jason was going to testify in this manner, but the case was

dismissed and never reauthorized. People in Lance's family described a time when Lance and Jason were leaving Lance's father's funeral when Jason allegedly took a gun out of the center console and aimed it at Lance, which is a claim that Jason has staunchly denied. Lance was formally arraigned on October nineteenth, twenty seventeen, in Delaware. He was charged with one count of attempted murder and three gun violations. He pled not guilty and was held on two point one million dollars bail.

The state of Maryland placed a detainer on Land for three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. During the trial in Delaware for shooting Jason Ball, Lance testified at his own trial, never denying that he shot Jason, but tried to claim self defense. Lance would later say that he believed

Jason hired someone to murder him, so he shot Jason first. While being questioned, the state asked Lance, quote the exact morning at your place in Edgewood, Maryland, on October eighteenth, twenty seventeen, when a group of people were gathering in a room. You shot them, right, You shot

five people. Three of them are dead, and isn't it true that that was a little bit more to do with your state of mind on October eighteenth, two thousand seventeen, that morning than whatever this stuff was from two thousand fourteen, two thousand fifteen, and two thousand sixteen. Right, Lance didn't answer, so the state replied with, quote, that's a non answer, to which Lance replied, you've seen the pictures, You've seen the evidence.

A superior court jury found Lance guilty of attempted manslaughter under extreme emotional distress, which was a lesser charged that the jury could consider. Lance was also found guilty of first degree reckless endangerment, carrying a concealed weapon, and two counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to forty years in prison. Immediately after the trial, Lance filed for post conviction

relief, which the court denied. He then appealed for a Supreme Court's decision to the Supreme Court of Delaware. In the appeal, Lance claims ineffective assistance of counsel for reasons including not objecting to the court allowing the video of the Maryland shooting to be shown trial. The video wasn't properly authenticated, and the court didn't afford Lance the ability to present evidence or witnesses that supported his defense,

which forced him to take the stand. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Superior Court. The Maryland trial took a bit longer to commence, but it finally did on October thirteenth, twenty twenty, and one hundred and twenty perspective jurors were summoned to jury selection. As such, jury selection was held at the Havre de Grace Community Center, which allowed jurors to socially distance themselves. A food truck was brought in to keep everyone fed. It was

the first trial to take place in Hartford County since the pandemic. On October twenty eighth, twenty twenty, Lance was found guilty on all counts. He testified on his own behalf, saying that he fired the weapon five times because a man made a quote threatening gesture. He continued by saying that he'd never used the gun before and that had jammed during the shooting. During his own testimony, Lance confessed to the crime said he was sorry for what he'd done.

Lance continuously used profanities while testifying, and it took the jury under twenty four hours to find Lance guilty of all counts. After a guilty verdict, the criminal responsibility phase begins. The jury must decide if the defendant was criminally responsible and in his right mind at the time of the shooting, which they did. Lance was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole,

two consecutive life sentences for murdering three people and attempting two more. Finally, he was also sentenced to twenty years for use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and fifteen years for being a felon in possession of a handgun concurrent to the last life sentence. All of the sentences are consecutive to the forty years that the shooter is already serving in Delaware. He will never see the light of day outside of prison walls, and that may

be the only justice out of this terrifying ordeal. We all have the unique ability to help prevent such a catastrophic event from happening if we keep our eyes and ears open and never hesitate to report when something or someone just doesn't seem right. With a delicate balance of mental health, reform, education, active shooter training, and common sense gun laws. We may one day realize the dream, the dream that there will be no more active shootings. We pray

that love will prevail over hate. Too many have died, we should say to ourselves, not one more. In the meantime, we urge our listeners to stay aware of your surroundings and keep in touch with your loved ones. If you see something, say something, you never know how many lives you'll be saving. Thank you for listening to today's episode of Active Shooter the Podcast. Remember, if you see something, say something, there's no telling how

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