Prince George Police Department

A manhunt was underway Friday afternoon for the suspect in three fatal shootings in the Washington, D.C., area over the past 24 hours, the Associated Press reports. Police identified 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil, a Federal Protective Service employee, as the suspect.

Montgomery County Police reported having Tordil in custody just before 3 o’clock on Friday. FPS is a division of the Department of Homeland Security; it provides security at federal buildings.

The first shooting took place on Thursday at Beltsville’s High Point High School: Police say that Tordil followed his wife, Gladys Tordil, to their children’s school. There, he shot and killed her, the AP reports, and shot and wounded a man who tried to stop him.

According to the Washington Post, Tordil had been placed on administrative duties in March, after his estranged wife filed a protective order against him in Prince George’s County District Court.

The final protective order approved by the judge required Eulalio Tordil to surrender all firearms to law enforcement and refrain from using them, except “when respondent is at work and while he is on work premises.” The order said that “respondent may carry his work-issued fire arm which he will leave at work during non-work hours.” But a Federal Protective Service official said Friday that the agency “removed his duty weapon, badge and credentials” after the protective order was filed. The agency did not detail what exactly Tordil did as a law enforcement officer or how long he had been with the agency. The protective order documents indicate that an investigation had been forwarded to county social services for the alleged abuse of the stepdaughters. The order said Eulalio Tordil was to stay away from High Point High School and Parkdale High School in Riverdale, where Gladys Tordil said she worked.

Gladys Tordil’s order alleged that her husband subjected their children to “intense-military-like discipline” and physically abused at least one of them over the course of ten years. According to the order, he had in his possession a .40-caliber handgun, a .45-caliber handgun, an M-4, a revolver, and a “hunting gun.”

It has not been confirmed that Tordil was the gunman in the two shootings Friday morning, which took place at a mall parking lot and a nearby mall. CNN reports Tordil is suspected in those shootings based on eyewitness accounts.