Crime & Safety

Woman Dead, Man Injured in Arbutus Incident

A 45-year-old woman was killed Friday in Arbutus, Baltimore County police said.

A woman is dead and a man is in critical condition after an apparent attempted murder-suicide Friday in Arbutus.

Baltimore County police responded to a tip that a man had killed someone in a residence in the 4700 block of Belwood Green and that the man was planning to kill himself. A tactical team entered and found the woman dead and the man unconscious.

The unidentified man was transported to shock trauma and was listed in critical but stable condition Saturday afternoon.

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The woman was identified as Kathleen Washington, 45, of the 4700 block of Belwood Green. The man, who police said was injured by self-inflicted wounds, was not immediately identified by police.

Washington had "multiple injuries," police said, but the official cause of death is pending an autopsy.

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No further information was available Saturday afternoon.

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Editor's Note:
 An initial version of this story listed an incorrect location of the crime. Patch regrets the error. 


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