Montgomery Community Media

The deaths of two elderly Silver Spring residents last week have been ruled a homicide and suicide.  Last Thursday, Sept. 3 Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers found Donna Lewis, 70, and Arnold Ringgold, 71, deceased in their home. According to a police statement a family member had gone to their home and called 911 […]

A 62-year-old Gaithersburg woman faces charges after trying to drown herself and her 25-year-old daughter early Wednesday morning, according to a report from Gaithersburg police. Karen Louisa Isaac of the 600 block of Coral Reef Drive, 62, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, according to online court […]

Update, 3 p.m.: Montgomery County police detectives identified the man and woman who died in a home in the Spencerville home as a result of a murder-suicide. The 53-year-old female is being identified as Bonny Jean Dibble. The 56-year-old male is being identified as Stuart Michael Shamberger. Dibble and Shamberger were involved in a relationship […]

An 11-year-old girl has died following a murder-suicide that happened in Colesville earlier this week. Police said Mina Kim died in the hospital Thursday. A 57-year-old man, identified as Yong Mun Kim, and his 48-year-old wife, identified as Sang Yeon Kim, and his son 10-year-old Andy Kim, also died in the incident, which occurred in the 100 […]

The Monday morning murder-suicide has claimed the life of a 10-year-old, Montgomery County police said. The boy, identified as Andy Kim, died from his injuries at the hospital, police said. A 57-year-old man, identified as Yong Mun Kim, and his 48-year-old wife, identified as Sang Yeon Kim, also died in the incident, which occurred in the 100 […]

A Colesville shooting killed two and critically injured three in what Montgomery County police are calling a murder-suicide. Police were not releasing names. The shooting occurred around midnight when Wheaton police district officers and fire and rescue personnel were summoned to a home in the 100 block of Amberleigh Drive, police said. Police said they […]

A 61-year-old man apparently shot his 88-year-old mother and then himself, Montgomery County police say. Garvey Dyer, 61, of the 4700 block of Bethesda Avenue in Bethesda, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound in the home of Rose Dyer, 88, of the 1400 block of Fenwick Lane, police said. Rose Dyer died from […]

Two people died in a murder-suicide in the Briggs Chaney area, Montgomery County police said. About 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, Silver Spring district officers, and fire and rescue personnel responded to a home in the 2900 block of Shepperton Terrace for the report of a domestic-related assault, police said in a statement. When first […]

“Tuesday’s murder-suicide in Germantown should never have happened,” says Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger. “He was a criminal with an extensive record and should have been behind bars,” he added. 42-year-old Johnnie Perkins shot and killed 34-year-old Shakina Marie Perkins-Moody of Germantown around 12:30 yesterday afternoon at the Germantown Auto Spa at Rt 118 […]

Montgomery County Police say Shakina Marie Perkins-Moody, age 34, of the 18200 block of Smoke House Court in Germantown was gunned down in her car around 12:30 yesterday afternoon at the Germantown Auto Spa at Rt. 118 and 355.  The shooter, 42 year old Johnnie Perkins, was involved in a relationship with the victim, although […]