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Smile, You're On Candid Camera: Shooting Suspect Caught On Tesla Cam Sentenced In Maryland Smile, You're On Candid Camera: Shooting Suspect Caught On Tesla Cam Sentenced In Maryland
Smile, You're On Candid Camera: Shooting Suspect Caught On Tesla Cam Sentenced In Maryland An unexpected sleuth helped detectives in Maryland bust a Montgomery County man who opened fire in downtown Silver Spring and will now spend more than a decade behind bars, the state's attorney announced. John Tomlinson was sentenced at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County to 30 years in prison with all but 15 of them suspended after shooting at a man and his vehicle during an altercation that was captured on camera by a nearby parked car, according to Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy. Tomlinson pleaded guilty to charges of attempted second-degree murder and prohibited pe…

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by Zak Failla
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Details Released In Deadly Montgomery County Police Shootout Details Released In Deadly Montgomery County Police Shootout
Details Released In Deadly Montgomery County Police Shootout Four police officers from a Maryland department were placed on leave after a traffic stop that left one civilian dead this week. An off-duty officer who heard shots fired on the 900 block of Bonifant Street around 4:15 a.m. Silver Spring alerted on-duty officers, who then were on the lookout for a suspect vehicle early Wednesday morning, wusa9 reports. That's when officers saw a Mercedes-Benz matching the suspect vehicle's description, and conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Wayne Avenue and Dartmouth Avenue, officials told the outlet. The driver fired at police, who in turn f…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Kill Man During Shootout In Montgomery County Police Kill Man During Shootout In Montgomery County
Police Kill Man During Shootout In Montgomery County Montgomery County police officers shot and killed a man after a traffic stop in Silver Spring, officials said. The shooting happened on the morning of Dec. 29, the incident started when officers were called to a report of a shooting in the 900 block of Bonifant Street at 4:15 a.m. An off-duty police officer found a man shot at the scene after hearing the sounds of gunfire. The victim was rushed to a hospital where he is expected to survive, police then began searching for the suspected shooter who had fled in a vehicle. Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones says officers subsequentl…

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by Joe Gomez