A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced to life in prison, suspending all but 30 years to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation for his role in a fatal 2022 drive-by shooting and a separate 2022 assault, with a recommendation for admission to the Patuxent Youthful Offender program.
According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, “In the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, the Honorable Cheryl McCally has sentenced defendant Kyler Mcroy, 22, of Gaithersburg, to life in prison suspending all but 30 years to serve and five years of supervised probation upon release. The judge recommended that the defendant be admitted to the Patuxent Youthful Offender program while incarcerated. The sentencing hearing was held Friday, May 9, 2025.
On June 11, 2024, Mcroy entered a guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for the shooting death of 19-year-old Keon Jones in February of 2022. Mcroy also pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and use of a firearm in commission of a felony for a shooting on March 27, 2022, in the 9,000 block of Forest View Place in Gaithersburg.
On February 10, 2022, Keon Jones was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at Cinnamon Drive and Poppy Seed Lane in Germantown. He was pronounced dead at the hospital the following day. An investigation by Montgomery County Police determined that the victim was walking to his residence when he was targeted in a drive-by shooting. Mcroy was identified as one of the people inside the vehicle from which the shots were fired. Mcroy was also linked to the Forest View Place shooting. Additionally, the State believes the defendant was involved in shooting incidents on February 6 and 7 of 2022 and potentially several other shootings. A privately manufactured handgun (ghost gun) with a 25-round capacity magazine was located in the bedroom of his family home upon his arrest.
Assistant State’s Attorneys Kimberly Cissel and Thea Zumwalt handled prosecution of this matter.”
