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Third teen charged in Frederick man's death

The third teen was arrested days after two other teen suspects were charged in connection to a 20-year-old man's death.

FREDERICK, Md. — After a man was killed in a shooting in late April, Montgomery County Police announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged three young teens in his death. 

Police found 20-year-old Taon Lamont Cline of Frederick, Maryland suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 19500 block of Gunners Branch Road in Germantown on April 22, just before 11 p.m. Officers say they immediately tried to save the man, but Cline ultimately died on the scene.

On Wednesday, police announced that they obtained an arrest warrant to charge two suspects as adults, although they are 14 and 15 years old.

The pair have been identified, respectively, as Justin Acosta from Germantown and Malik Hney of Kensington. 

Days later, another teen was arrested in connection to the deadly shooting. Officials say the third suspect, 16-year-old Malachi Hney, has also been charged as an adult.

All three suspects have been charged with first-degree murder.

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Hney and Acosta were both arrested by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police Repeat Offenders Unit and subsequently taken to the Central Processing Unit.

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Police have since announced that the investigation is still active and ongoing. Detectives from the Major Crimes Division are asking anyone who has information about this homicide to call the Major Crimes Division at 240-773-5070 or contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Callers can remain anonymous. 

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