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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District Investigative Section are investigating a stabbing that occurred on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at the entrance of the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in the 7900 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring.

The investigation has revealed that at approximately 2:20 a.m., an unknown male suspect argued with a 77-year-old male victim over property at the location. The argument escalated, and the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the forehead. The suspect then left the scene.

The victim was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.

Detectives reviewed the surveillance footage of the location and obtained a description of the suspect.

The suspect is described as a Black male, in his twenties or thirties, with short black locs, wearing a black shirt, a long gray scarf, light colored pants, a watch and black shoes, and armed with a folding knife.

Anyone with information regarding this suspect or this crime is asked to visit the Crime Solvers of Montgomery County, MD website at www.crimesolversmcmd.org and click on the “www.p3tips.com” link at the top of the page or call 1-866-411-8477. Tips with information leading to an arrest may be eligible for a reward from $250 up to $10,000. Tips may remain anonymous.