Tordil, a federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital is expected to appear at a bond review.
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Eulalio Tordil is facing first-degree murder charges in the shootings last Thursday and Friday.
Alsobrooks said Gladys Tordil was not only a phenomenal teacher at Parkdale High School, but she also was a phenomenal mother to her 16- and 17-year-old daughters, who are both seniors at High Point High School, where Gladys Tordil was killed, Thursday. “I would not describe him as being remorseful”, Hamill said.
Along with the three fatalities, three other people were wounded in the shootings.
Tordil’s wife obtained a protective order against him in March.
Hamill said a search of Tordil’s vehicle uncovered a.40-caliber Glock handgun that was used in Friday’s shootings. Tordil did turn over his federally-issued service revolver after the protective order was issued, McCarthy said.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office seized some of his firearms because of that court order.
At a news conference Saturday night, Montgomery County Assistant Police Chief Russ Hamill said Tordil spoke to investigators a little about the shootings. Suspect Eulalio Tordil is in custody. Someone who wants criminal charges would have to either file them with a commissioner or directly contact police to trigger an investigation.
“He was always helping people”, said his sister, Pilar Winffel, of Columbia.
“We have to step in as their family – we are what they have”, said Alsobrooks.
A judge could decide if there is imminent danger or real threat of physical harm, but law enforcement doesn’t automatically get involved exclusively based on an order of protection.
McCarthy argued that Tordil was a flight risk, saying that his alleged victims Friday were “completely random” and killed during alleged attempted carjackings. Tordil was later captured in an adjacent shopping center and the fact he lost his glasses and couldn’t see to drive may have been why he stayed in the area, McCarthy said. That woman and another man trying to help her were wounded.
The charges Tordil faces carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
On Friday, as the manhunt for Tordil continued, Tordil allegedly tried to carjack a woman at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, and two men rushed to help her. Tordil allegedly shot all three of them, one fatally, police said.
Tordil, 62, is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday in Rockville, a suburb near the nation’s capital.
Tordil’s next hearing will be June 3. Tordil’s attorneys did not oppose holding the man without bond at this time.
Tordil’s glasses were found inside Molina’s vehicle and apparently knocked off in a struggle, McCarthy said. Officials searching for him also learned he had left notes suggesting he was suicidal and believed he would be killed by police, McCarthy said. Instead, after police with their weapons drawn confronted him outside the Boston Market, Tordil surrendered peacefully.
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“Police had the writings in their possession before the takedown”, McCarthy said. In addition to his work with the Federal Protective Service, he previously worked security for the National Institutes of Health.
