Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED 9 p.m. Police are calling the shooting “a death investigation.” UPDATED 6:31 p.m. Montgomery County police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 9600 block of Lost Knife Road. Police Spokesperson Rick Goodale said the call was reported at 5:49 p.m. today. At the scene, police found a victim with an […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a serious pedestrian collision that occurred on Friday afternoon at the intersection of Langley Drive and University Boulevard. According to police, around 2:42 p.m. a pedestrian was crossing University Boulevard in an eastbound direction and not in a marked crosswalk. Police said a motorist in a gray, 2006 Honda […]

A Kingsview Middle School student was struck by a car near a bus stop at Richter Farm Road and Sandlering Place on Wednesday morning in Germantown. According to Principal Jimmy D’Andrea, the collision happened around 7:45 a.m. today and paramedics and school officials immediately responded to the scene. “The student was transported to the hospital […]

UPDATED: Sept. 16, 9:46 a.m. — They met through Instagram and were friends for more than three years. Evelynn Santos, a Damascus High School student, said John Martin DeReggi Jr- the teen struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Boyds on Monday afternoon- was a loving and affectionate person. “We ended up dating, and […]

UPDATED A 16-year-old boy was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Boyds on Monday afternoon, according to Montgomery County Police. It happened shortly before 5 p.m. in the area of Boyds Market, located at 15110 Barnesville Road. According to police, the initial investigation indicates the teen was walking along the tracks with two […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a serious collision involving several vehicles, including a motorcycle, at Parkland Drive and Aspen Hill Road. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the collision occurred before 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Piringer said the motorcycle driver suffered a serious injury. The police department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit […]

A child was struck by a vehicle on Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and August Drive, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said the boy, who is about 4-years-old, was transported to an area hospital as a priority two trauma patient. According to Piringer, the boy’s injuries […]

UPDATED Two school buses collided at Falls Road and Glen Road on the first day of school, according to Montgomery County fire and rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer. Officials said there were students on board when one school bus apparently rear ended the other school bus early this morning. Piringer described the injuries as minor and […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer sustained a serious injury this week while on a family vacation. Riemer fractured his femur inside the hip – an injury that required emergency surgery. He wrote on his Facebook page that the injury occurred while bouncing on a trampoline with his children and his wife, Angela. He said the freak […]

UPDATED: A 19-year-old man acted in self-defense when he killed an 18-year-old Silver Spring man in the Briggs Chaney area, according to Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office spokesman Ramón V. Korionoff. Zio was released on Aug. 7 but had been in jail since June on a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing of Derik […]