The Maury County Sheriff's Department took a suspect into custody Friday after an early-morning shooting on Brown Hollow Road northwest of Columbia.

He was identified Saturday as 37-year-old Samuel Modine, the Sheriff's Department said.

He was arrested and charged with first degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault in violation of parole and kidnapping in violation of parole. Modine remained held in the Maury County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Two unidentified women and one man were suffering from serious gunshot wounds after the incident. They were being treated Saturday at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

“They are in a very critical condition and we don't have any updates at this time,” Maury County Sheriff Bucky Rowland told reporters. “We are praying for a recovery.”

Modine's two small children, each under the age of three, were sleeping inside the home when the incident occurred. Their mother is one of the victims.

The two children are under the care of the Department of Children's Services.

During the press conference, Rowland said the alleged shooter, who has a previous criminal record, lived in the home and was hosting the friends, when the shooting occurred.

One of the female victims was a girlfriend or spouse of the suspect.

The sheriff said Modine was illegally in possession of a firearm.

“He should not have been in possession of a firearm,” Rowland said.

The Maury County Sheriff's Department and the Columbia Police Department responded to the scene after the suspect called Maury County E-911 at 2:18 a.m., telling dispatchers he had shot three individuals.

The responding officers made contact with the caller at the scene and detained him.

Members of the Maury County Fire Department and Maury Regional EMS rendered aid to the three victims before they were transported to the Nashville hospital.

“Our investigators have been on the scene since this morning processing the scene and conducting interviews,” Rowland said.