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MARYLAND

Boy, 2, dies in Damascus home

A 2-year-old boy died Sunday after becoming entangled in a cord in his Damascus home, authorities said.

Just after 3 p.m., police and rescue workers were called to a home on Valley Park Court on a report of a child in distress. The boy, identified as Thapelo Andre Kwofie, died later at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, authorities said.

Authorities said the death appears to be accidental. Investigators think the child became entangled in an electrical or other type of cord. An autopsy will be performed at the state medical examiner's office in Baltimore.

-- Matt Zapotosky

Man fatally shot at Halloween party

A Silver Spring man was fatally shot at a late-night Halloween party in Clarksville and a second man was also shot, Howard County police said.

Aaron Thomas Brice, 19, of Silver Spring was found dead at the scene early Sunday. Nathaniel Quick, 22, of Columbia was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

Police said that more than 100 people were at the home and that they are still trying to determine what led to the shooting.

-- Associated Press