Press Release: IID Responds to Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Montgomery County (Gaithersburg)

Press Release from Maryland Attorney General’s Office: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General responded to a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday morning.

On July 20, the ID was notified by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office that at approximately 9:30 a.m., a deputy sheriff assigned to the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional
Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) was serving an arrest warrant in the 100 block of Garth Terrace in Gaithersburg. During the execution of the warrant, the deputy discharged their firearm, fatally injuring the wanted man. A second man was shot and taken to an area hospital to be treated for his injuries.

As a result of the involved deputy’s duty assignment to the federal task force, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Baltimore Field Office is conducting the initial investigation. The IID retains an obligation under Maryland law to conduct its own investigation and write its own report of the shooting. At the conclusion of the ID’s investigation, that report will be referred to the relevant State’s Attorney’s Office to consider whether state charges are appropriate.