Maryland shooting suspect charged with murdering colleagues

Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, has been charged with murdering three of his colleagues (Washington County Sheriff’s Office/AP)

A man has been charged with murdering three colleagues at a Maryland machine shop.

The alleged gunman, Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was treated in hospital following a shootout with police and is currently being held at the Washington County Detention Centre.