Media Release:
On January 11, 2019 at approximately 4:53 PM, Deputies responded to the area of Scarlet Oak Drive and Fair Oaks Court, Hagerstown, MD, for a report of gun shots.
Upon arrival, Deputies spoke with witnesses who advised they saw a male shooting at the rear of a residence on Scarlet Oak Drive. Deputies found the back door of a residence in the 11200 block of Scarlet Oak Drive had been forced open. Deputies made entry into the residence checking for injured individuals. While in the residence, spent shell casings and a live round were observed on the ground. No one was located inside the residence.
Additionally, Deputies also observed two entrance/exit bullet holes in the rear of the residence.
After further investigation, Deputies learned from witnesses that a male, identified as Samuel Baygor Woods Jr., 32, of Hagerstown, went to the residence on Scarlet Oak Drive in order to confront another male. Once at the residence, Woods kicked in the rear door of the residence and began to argue with the other male. Woods briefly left the residence, retrieved a handgun, and went back into the residence. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots when Woods re-entered the residence with the weapon.
Woods has been charged with Reckless Endangerment, Illegal Possession of a Regulated Firearm, Firearm Possession by a Convicted Felony and 3rd Degree Burglary.
Woods is currently being held at the Washington County Detention Center on no bond.
