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Beginning Nov. 1, Rockville and Gaithersburg cities’ police departments will take over full and primary response duties for police calls.

Someone fired a gunshot at two Maryland police officers Wednesday in Montgomery County, authorities said. No one was injured.

Gaithersburg Police Report Being Shot At While Responding to Call, MCPD Says Updated (7 p.m.): Two officers were responding to a parking complaint for a vehicle blocking a driveway leading into the Spring Ridge Apartments, Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka said while updating reporters Wednesday evening. After making contact with the vehicle’s driver, the officers suspected they were under the influence and began investigation, Sroka said. While interacting with the driver, Sroka said, the officers heard one gunshot fired from a top floor balcony and immediately took cover. Sroka said no...

State Roundup: Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford won’t be running for governor but Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz will In this photo from a 2017 press conference, Gov. Larry Hogan at podium appears with Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford and then Labor Secretary Kelly Schulz. Governor's Office photo RUTHERFORD OUT, SCHULZ IN GOP RACE FOR GOVERNOR: Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford (R) has decided not to seek the state’s top job in 2022, creating a wide-open GOP primary. Hogan, who is term-limited, is set to leave office in 2023. Hours after Rutherford’s announcement, Hogan Commerce secretary Kelly Schu...

Kwamena Ocran died Jan. 8 after being shot by at least one Gaithersburg officer January 24, 2021 | 8:30 pm January 25, 2021 More than 100 people gathered outside Gaithersburg City Hall on Sunday afternoon to protest the police killing of Kwamena Ocran. Photos by Caitlynn Peetz More than 100 people gathered outside Gaithersburg City Hall on Sunday to protest the recent killing of a Black man by city police. At the event, speakers again questioned the Gaithersburg Police Department’s recounting of the Jan. 8 shooting that left 24-year-old Kwamena Ocran dead. Police say four plain clothes o...