Man fatally shot Thursday night

Montgomery County police investigating shooting as a homicide 

May 8, 2020 1:20 p.m.

Montgomery County police are investing the fatal shooting of a man in Aspen Hill Thursday night as a homicide.

Police wrote on Twitter early Friday morning that they got a call around 11:35 p.m. Thursday night for a shooting in the 3100 block of Hewitt Avenue.

When officers got to the scene, they found a 19-year-old man suffering from an “apparent gunshot wound.” Officer Rick Goodale, a police spokesman, confirmed in an interview Friday that the man was shot.

The man was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries, police said. Police are still investigating the shooting, they wrote.

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Goodale did not know any other details, but said more information would be released later.

This story will be updated

Dan Schere can be reached at daniel.schere@moco360.media

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