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Police said Ocran was under surveillance by a plain clothes street crime unit when he was killed on Jan. 8, and that he ran from officers when they approached him.  “There’s going to be justice, because I will be Kwamena’s eyes, ears, mouth,” Ocran’s mother, Melody Cooper, said at the demonstration. Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka said when officers approached Ocran and identified themselves, he ran across all six lanes of Frederick Avenue and into a nearby apartment complex. Kwamena Ocran’s life mattered, RIP pic.twitter.com/omqZLjZZYU— Silver Spring Justice Coalition (@...

Montgomery County records a sixth homicide in 2021 Dan Morse A sharp uptick in homicides continued this week in Montgomery County, as investigators launched a manhunt for a 29-year-old who allegedly slashed his girlfriend in the neck before calling his father, asking him if he wanted to say goodbye and indicating he was about to flee. The suburban Maryland county, just outside Washington, has seen six homicides in the first two weeks of 2021. It generally averages about 20 slayings a year. Police officials called the spike random and on Thursday began probing the a homici...

Police chief says officers were worried about man’s criminal history By Dan Schere | January 12, 2021 Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka, bottom center, gives an update to the Mayor and City Council on a shooting in which at least one officer fired his weapon at an armed man Friday, killing him. Screen capture via Youtube This story was updated at 12:33 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2021, to include additional comments from Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka and again at 3:57 p.m. to include a response from Sroka to the Silver Spring Justice Coalition The Silver Spring Justice Coalition, a local ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland have released more details about an...

Police say man pulled a handgun By Briana Adhikusuma | January 10, 2021 Gaithersburg police shot and killed a man on Friday, following a chase. Police say the man pulled out a gun. File photo This story was updated at 8:51 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2021, to include the name and age of the man who was fatally shot by police. Four Gaithersburg police officers have been identified as being involved in the fatal shooting on Friday of a man after a chase. Four plain clothes officers approached the man — identified on Saturday as 24-year-old Kwamena Ocran — as he was walking in the area of 14. S. Fre...