Crime

Rockville Police Respond to Report of Attempted Carjacking; Two in Custody

On 10/3/22 at 11:55 a.m. Rockville City Police responded to the area of E. Middle Lane and Helen Heneghan Way for the report of an attempted carjacking.

Officers met with witnesses who stated they heard a woman screaming and observed three males assaulting a female in the parking garage in the 300 block of Hungerford Drive. The witness attempted to intervene when one of the subjects pointed a handgun and fled on foot. The female victim advised officers that while parking her vehicle, the three men approached her, demanded her keys, and when she refused, they physically assaulted her.

Police began circulating the area and within minutes, an RCPD officer observed three males matching the description of the subjects near the College Gardens Shopping Center. The men were stopped and positively identified by the victim and witnesses.

A BB gun was located in the backpack of one of the subjects. All three subjects, one juvenile male of Rockville, one juvenile male of Washington D.C. and one male, age 20, of Washington D.C. have been taken into custody. This case has been turned over by the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division for further investigation and charging.