The suspect, who is also 16 and lives in Rockville, will be charged as an adult, officials in Montgomery County said.
The victim, who police say is from Gaithersburg, was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The students’ names were not released. Both are students at Wootton.
The school campus was placed on lockdown...
The juve
nile is accused of shoplifting in a CVS in the 800 block of Wayne Avenue. When officers arrived on the scene, they arrested the young man who attempted to evade the officers. During the arrest, officers found a loaded AR pistol ghost gun with .223 ammunition in his backpack. The gun had no serial numbers.
The juvenile was arrested. The case was sent to the Department of Juvenile Services...
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Tuesday at 12:24 p.m., Gaithersburg Police Community Engagement Officers were called to the school in the 600 block of Saybrooke Oaks Boulevard for a report of a staff member with a firearm.
William Broadus Coleman, 30, of Washington, D.C. consented to a search of his vehicle, where the officers found a loaded handgun, police reported...
...Detectives identified both boys and arrested them on Tuesday, March 12, police said. The 14-year-old boy was charged with robbery and handgun-related charges. The 16-year-old boy was charged with robbery.
Both boys have been released to their guardians, according to police.
For Immediate Release: Friday, July 28, 2023
Gaithersburg, MD – 4th District officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police have arrested and charged a juvenile male as an adult with theft related charges and illegal possession of a privately manufactured firearm, also known as a “ghost gun.”
On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at approximately 12:57 p.m., officers responded to the Dick’s Sporting Goods store in the 11100 block of Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton for the report of a shoplifting.
When officers arrived at the location, they observed the suspects leaving the store with the stolen merchandise. Officers followed the suspects who ran to the Safeway store in the 11200 block of Georgia Ave. Officers entered the Safeway and observed the suspects in possession of the stolen items from the previous store.
Officers arrested one of the suspects. A search of his person revealed a loaded Polymer 80 9mm handgun with no serial number. Officers also recovered some of the merchandise that was stolen from the Dick’s Sporting Goods store.
The juvenile was transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he was charged as an adult with theft and illegal possession of firearm related charges.
NEW: MoCo Police responded to Blair G. Ewing Center in Rockville on Tuesday for a student with a loaded gun, sources tell me.
— Kevin Lewis (@KevinLewis7News) June 10, 2022
The school serves as an alternative learning center for students within Montgomery County Public Schools.
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