Montgomery Community Media

Changes at a local shopping center and blooming sunflowers topped our Top 10 list this week. We had several public safety stories included the ongoing legal proceedings on Catherine Hoggle’s competency and the sentencing of a man who went on a shooting spree. Construction of a bridge over I-270 got underway. A bridge over the […]

Eulalio Tordil — the man charged in four Montgomery County shootings, two fatal — was sentenced Friday to life without the possibility of parole for one killing, and consecutive life sentences for the other three offenses. “This was a man who left behind notes that indicated he intended to commit suicide by cop. … He […]

Here are five things to know today, July 7, in Montgomery County: 1. I Love a Parade: The Damascus Day Parade starts at 6 p.m. at Damascus High School. The parade travels down Md. 27 to Lewis Drive. The theme of this year’s parade is Halloween, celebrating Damascus. Visit the Damascus Community Recreation Center’s website […]

Eulalio Tordil pleaded guilty Monday for shooting his estranged wife outside a Prince George’s high school, WTOP reported. The plea was entered in Prince George’s County Circuit Court for a shooting spree that occurred May 2016. Tordil, 63, of Adelphi had pleaded guilty in April in Montgomery County Circuit Court for four shootings here, two […]

The man charged in four Montgomery County shootings, two fatal, pleaded guilty Tuesday in county Circuit Court. Sentencing for Eulalio Tordil will be July 7, State’s Attorney John McCarthy told reporters. McCarthy said prosecutors would ask for the maximum sentence, life without possibility of parole. He called it the “only appropriate sentence.” “This was a […]

Eulalio Tordil, the suspect Montgomery County police have charged in the shopping center shootings in Aspen Hill and Bethesda, made his first appearance in court at a bond review on Monday afternoon. Tordil was arrested by the Montgomery County Police Department on Friday, and faces charges of first degree murder and attempted first degree murder.  A […]

Here are five things to know today, May 9th, in Montgomery County: 1. The suspect in the shopping center shootings is scheduled for a bond review today at 1  p.m. 2. Gaithersburg’s Mayor and City Council is scheduled to meet tonight and on the agenda: Winter Storm Debrief and Operation Improvements. 3. The Montgomery County Board of […]

Police Announce Charges in Shopping Center Shootings Montgomery County police officers have charged the suspect in the shopping center shootings, Eulalio Tordil, with two counts of first degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and four counts of the use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. LIVE on #Periscope: May 7 Press […]

Here are five things to know today, May 7th, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Police apprehended 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil after he allegedly shot four people at two area shopping centers on Friday. All County schools were briefly placed on lockdown due to the incident. 2. Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld laid out a plan to improve […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police responded to two separate shootings on Friday. Police say three people were shot in the parking lot of  Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda and one person was shot in the parking lot of an Aspen Hill Giant grocery store.   In the videos below, two residents describe the scene after the […]