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Major Crimes Detectives Investigating Rockville Murder-Suicide

For Immediate Release: Friday, August 30, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD - The Montgomery County Department of Police is investigating a homicide in Rockville that occurred on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

At approximately 7:50 a.m., 1st District officers responded to the 14900 block of Southlawn Lane for a report of a shooting. A witness reported that the suspect fled the scene in a gray Toyota Tacoma after shooting an adult male.

Upon arrival, officers found 60-year-old Civil Jean Calixte, of Gaithersburg, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel rendered aid to Calixte, who was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A lookout was issued for the Toyota Tacoma, and a responding officer spotted the vehicle near the intersection of Avery and Norbeck Roads. The officer conducted a felony traffic stop on the vehicle at and heard a gunshot. The suspect, 53-year-old Dario Villard, of Laurel, was found inside the truck with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services provided aid and transported Villard to a local hospital, where he later died. Detectives recovered a handgun from inside the truck.

During the investigation, Major Crimes detectives learned that Villard had an active warrant from the Laurel Police Department for attempted first-degree murder on Wednesday, August 28. Laurel detectives were contacted, responded to the scene, and connected the Toyota Tacoma to a domestic-related shooting from the night before.

Calixte and Villard were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where an autopsy is scheduled for Friday, August 30.

Villard’s death is being investigated as a suicide.

 

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Release ID: 24-397
Media Contact: S.D.Goff 
Categories: arrest , homicide