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Son Shoots Father in Olney Homicide

For Immediate Release: Sunday, October 8, 2023

Gaithersburg, MD - A 57-year-old Georgia man is dead following a domestic-related shooting in Olney.

 

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, at approximately 8:24 p.m., the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center received a call for a shooting in the 4500 block of Mount Olney Lane.

 

4th District officers responded to the address and learned that the suspect, 25-year-old Nicholas Marquis Stull, was possibly inside of the home where he lived with his grandparents, and armed. Officers were informed that the victim, Michael Wayne Stull, the suspect's father, had been shot and was also inside the house.

 

The Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Weapons and Tactical Team (SWAT) responded to the location and entered the home, where Nicholas Stull was taken into custody by SWAT officers. The elder Stull was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

Nicholas Stull has been charged with first-degree murder, first and second-degree assault and use of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.   

 

Stull had a non-life-threatening, self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to an area hospital.

 

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Release ID: 23-583
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: homicide