CAMBRIDGE, MD – Cambridge Police Department detectives confirmed a man who was shot by officers Friday night on High Street was the suspect wanted for two murders the previous night.
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According to police, Tramelle Lamar Williams, 22, was arrested last night in connection with two fatal shootings which occurred a few hours apart Thursday evening in Dorchester County.
Williams was charged with first- and second-degree murder and related charges.
Police responded to a burglary in progress call on High Street when they encountered Williams.
“According to a preliminary investigation, at about 10 p.m. on Friday, Cambridge Police located a man, later identified as Williams, who matched the description of the suspect wanted in the murders of Taijay Brian Daniels, 24, and Lory Eugene Fields, 69, both of Cambridge, Maryland. Both had been fatally shot on Thursday evening,:” police said. “Investigators believe Williams shot Daniels during the course of an armed robbery around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday in the area of Pleasant Street and Race Street. Fields was killed at about 9 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of High Street.”
Police officers approached Williams who attempted to flee. At one point, he pulled a gun out and an officer shot him once.
He was taken to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Anyone with information on these cases are asking to contact Maryland State Police at 410-819-4747.