GERMANTOWN, Md. — The Montgomery County Police Department arrested a Frederick man in connection to a deadly shooting in Germantown the evening of Dec. 23, 2021.
A Germantown man—25-year-old Jahandar Rahman Darvish—was killed inside his home, according to a statement from MCPD.
Police identified the shooter as Mario Samm, 31, who faces charges for first degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
A statement from MCPD released a day after the shooting said that at around 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 23, officers from the Germantown district were dispatched to the 19300 block of Circle gate drive. After entering the home, officers found a Darvish dead with gunshot wounds.
Samm is curently held at the Frederick County Detention Center, police say.
A triple shooting in DC’s Washington Highlands neighborhood on Dec. 23 left two men dead. This is the twelfth violent crime reported within a block of Hendley Elementary School this year.