Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED: 2:34 p.m. Montgomery County Police said Germantown shooting is domestic related. Police are investigating the case as a murder-suicide. The two people involved knew each other. The man shot the victim while she was in the car and then shot himself, according to police. Police said the woman has died from her injuries. Police […]

Montgomery County police have identified the man who was fatally shot on the third level of the Wheaton Metro parking garage, 11171 Georgia Avenue, on Tuesday night and officers say two teens have been charged with his murder. Police identified the victim as Eric Melgar, age 20, of Silver Spring. Police have also identified the […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro released a statement on July 15 about the fatal shooting at the Wheaton Metro Garage that happened last night. Montgomery County police say a man was fatally shot and confirmed that two suspects are in custody. Read Navarro’s statement below: My heart goes out to the family of the victim […]

Normal operations are being restored to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after an investigation into an alleged report of a gunshot on the campus Monday morning. According to Montgomery County Police Capt. Paul Starks, police agencies conducted an “exhaustive” search of the campus and found no indication or evidence of a firearm as had […]

UPDATED, June 5, 2:36 p.m.- Donald Wayne Bricker, Jr., 27, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Mariam Folashade Adebayo, 24, has been released from the hospital and is being held without bond pending a court appearance tomorrow afternoon. According to Ramon Korionoff, spokesperson for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, Bricker, Jr. remains held without […]

Helpful, upbeat, authentic, and genuine were just some of the words used to describe Mariam Folashade Adebayo. A vigil to honor Adebayo life’s was held at the Seneca Valley High School on June 3. It was an emotional night for family and friends of Adebayo who was killed on June 2 outside a Target parking lot in Germantown. Her […]

A 27-year-old Hagerstown man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his alleged girlfriend in the Target parking lot in Germantown Monday night. Family and friends told police the couple had been dating about six months and recently ended their relationship. Bricker is listed on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry for a […]

UPDATED, June 2, 11 a.m. – Montgomery County Police have released the name of the victim of the homicide in Germantown. Mariam Folashade Adebayo, 24, was killed Monday night. Police have arrested her alleged boyfriend Donald Wayne Bricker, Jr., 27 of Hagerstown. Bricker is still in the hospital being treated for injuries sustained when his car […]

Police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Pear Tree Court Sunday night. According to police at about 9:12 p.m., police responded to an apartment in the 3500 block of Pear Tree Court in the Bel Pre area for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived at the apartment they found a 26-year-old man […]

Two people were shot at a business in Montgomery County on Nov. 6. Montgomery County Police are investigating the shooting as an attempted armed robbery. Police said it occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at the Sweeney Building Services, 18931 Premiere Court in unincorporated Gaithersburg. According to police, a 65-year-old man and 75-year-old woman were both […]