Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Dozens of citizens meet with Montgomery County Police following two homicides.
Residents who packed a meeting with police officers Thursday expressed frustration with crime in East Montgomery County following the killings of two young men in the area. Jesse Campos, 21,was fatally shot after two gunmen barged into his apartment on July Drive in White Oak Friday, Dec. 7. A roommate and a woman were left in the apartment unhurt, police said. Officers arrived at the scene around 3:45 p.m. and found him dead, according to police. Police found Christoper White dead on a paved path Monday behind an apartment on Castle Boulevard. Officers responded to a report that gunshots had been heard and arrived around 9:56 p.m. An autopsy revealed that the 22-year-old from Landover died of gunshot wounds. A woman who said that she …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Homicide detectives are investigating two killings that occurred just days apart along Montgomery County's Route 29 corridor.
Six days after 21-year-old Jesse Campos was killed inside of his White Oak apartment, detectives from Montgomery County Police's Major Crimes division said they believe he was targeted. They say a second slaying also was not random, though the two have not been officially connected. Campos, of the 11400 block of July Drive, was fatally shot after two gunmen barged into his apartment Friday, Dec. 7. The suspects left his roommate and an adult female in the apartment uninjured. Officers arrived at the scene around 3:45 p.m. and found him dead, according to police. Three days later, police found Christoper White dead on a paved path behind an apartment in the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard. Officers responded to a report that gunshots had …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
A 22-year-old man from Landover died of gunshot wounds outside of an apartment near Briggs Chaney Road, police said.
Christopher Davon White, 22, of Landover, has been identified as the shooting victim Montgomery County Police found dead Monday outside of an apartment on Castle Boulevard in the Briggs Chaney neighborhood of Silver Spring. White's death was ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, according to police. An autopsy revealed that he died of gunshot wounds. Police said officers responded to the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard around 9:56 p.m. on Dec. 10 for the sound of shots fired and found a dead man on a paved path behind the apartment. White is the second male to be fatally shot in Silver Spring in a four-day period. Jesse Patrick Campos, 21, of the 11400 block of July Drive, was shot in his apartment Friday, Dec. 7…
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A police lieutenant will speak to residents about the investigations.
Two men found dead in Silver Spring, possibly from gunshot wounds, in just four days prompted a special meeting with Montgomery County Police's 3rd District leader. Last Friday, 21-year-old Jesse Campos was shot dead in his White Oak apartment. Police said an investigation revealed that two suspects tried to get into the residence by forcing a roommate to open the door. After the suspects gained entry, they shot Campos and fled the scene, police said, leaving the male roommate and another adult female uninjured inside. Officers responded to Castle Boulevard in the Briggs Chaney neighborhood late Monday night with reports of shots fired. An unidentified male was found dead on a paved path behind an apartment with trauma to his body. …
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Officers responded to the area for the sound of shots fired, said police.
Montgomery County Police launched a homicide investigation Monday night after a man was found dead outside of an apartment in the Briggs Chaney neighborhood of Silver Spring, according to a statement from the department. This is the second Silver Spring homicide investigation in less than a week; a 21-year-old man was fatally shot inside of his White Oak apartment Friday. Police said officers responded to the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard around 9:56 p.m. for the sound of shots fired and found a dead man on a paved path behind the apartment. The man had trauma to his body, police said. Detectives cannot confirm the identity or the age of the victim, but police said more information will be available once the man's next-of-kin is …
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Shamire Moore was sentenced to five years for the August 2010 assault of Julian Kelly.
One of men accused in the beating and shooting of Julian Kelly was sentenced to five years in prison in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Feb 15. Police said Kelly, 27, was beaten by a group of males while walking home from a bus stop near the 14000 block of Castle Boulevard on Aug. 21, 2010. He was shot four times and died of the injuries on Sept. 4, 2010. Shamire Moore, 20, faced up to 10 years in prison after a conviction for second-degree assault and conspiracy to commit second-degree assault last December, said Moore's attorney Barbara Graham. Each count carried a maximum sentence of five years. Moore received credit for time served. Moore was originally accused of murder, assault and conspiracy. State prosecutors argued that Moore…
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The men were accused in the beating and shooting death of a former Tulane running back in August 2010.
Update: Charles Baxter was acquitted of all charges and Shamire Moore was found guilty of second-degree assault and conspiracy to commit second-degree assault after nearly eight hours of deliberation by the jury. Both men were charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, first-degree conspiracy, armed robbery and use of a handgun in commission of a felony in the August 2010 shooting of Julian Kelly. The state alleged that Baxter, 24, and Moore, 20, conspired with Tyshon Jones, 19, to beat Kelly before he was shot by Jones. Attorneys for Baxter and Moore maintained that their clients had a fight with Kelly, but were not involved in the shooting. "I don't understand the conspiracy because I don't know who he would have …
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Jurors heard Kelly describe the attack to police.
Jurors heard Julian Kelly's account of his assault and shooting Friday during a 12-minute video recorded from a police officer's vehicle. The conversation may have been one of Kelly's last, as police and family testified that he was unable to vocalize after arriving at the hospital. Kelly was robbed and beaten by a group of males while walking home from a bus stop near the 14000 block of Castle Boulevard on Aug. 21, 2010, according to police. He was shot four times and died of the injuries on Sept. 4, 2010. He was 27. Montgomery County Police identified Tyshon Jones, 19, as the "trigger puller." Baxter, 24, Moore, 20, and a juvenile male, 16, were charged with first-degree murder last September in connection with the crime, which police …
Friday, December 16, 2011
Friends of the juvenile suspect testified Thursday.
Two teenage boys who were with one of the suspects testified in the trial of Charles Baxter and Shamire Moore Thursday. The defendants are accused in the beating and shooting of Julian Kelly last August. Kelly was robbed and beaten by a group of males while walking home from a bus stop near the 14000 block of Castle Boulevard on Aug. 21, 2010, according to police. He was shot four times and died of the injuries on Sept. 4, 2010. He was 27. Montgomery County Police identified Tyshon Jones, 19, as the "trigger puller." Baxter, 24, Moore, 20, and a juvenile male were charged with first-degree murder last September in connection with the crime, which police said was the conspiratorial work of a neighborhood gang, "38 Mob." Jones has yet to …
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Medical examiner testified about victim's wounds.
The sister of shooting victim Julian Kelly testified Thursday in the murder trial of Charles Baxter and Shamire Moore. Both men are accused of first-degree murder in connection with Kelly's death last August. Kelly was robbed and beaten by a group of males while walking home from a bus stop near the 14000 block of Castle Boulevard on Aug. 21, 2010, according to police. He was shot four times and died of the injuries on Sept. 4, 2010. Montgomery County Police identified Tyshon Jones as the "trigger puller." Baxter, Moore and a juvenile male were charged with first-degree murder last September in connection with the crime, which police said was the conspiratorial work of a neighborhood gang, "38 Mob." Jones has yet to be captured by police…
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