Police announce arrest in fatal shooting of millionaire philanthropist at Maryland senior living facility

Montgomery County constabulary announced Wednesday the apprehension of a fishy successful transportation with the fatal shooting of an 87-year-old millionaire philanthropist wrong a elder surviving installation successful Maryland. 

The Montgomery County Department of Police’s Major Crimes Division volition clasp a 3 p.m. EST property league astatine constabulary office successful Gaithersburg to stock details astir the apprehension successful the decease of Robert Fuller.

Chief Marc Yamada, Assistant Chief Willie Parker-Loan and Captain Sean Gagen of the Major Crimes Division are expected to speak, on with Montgomery County state’s lawyer John McCarthy.

Officials said the Maryland State Police volition besides code a transportation betwixt the homicide probe and a fishy who allegedly changeable astatine a trooper during a postulation stop.

Robert Fuller Jr. (L) gives remarks astatine the 2017 opening of Veterans Academic Center successful Augusta, Maine, a task to which helium donated.   (Joe Phelan/Centralmaine.com)

The section said successful a property merchandise connected Feb. 20 that Fuller was recovered dormant wrong his flat with a gunshot coiled to the head.

Prior to the arrest, detectives had released surveillance video showing a idiosyncratic connected the spot of the Cogir of Potomac elder surviving installation astir the clip of the homicide. Investigators said astatine the clip that the idiosyncratic was considered a fishy successful the case.

Police noted determination was nary wide statement of the person’s sex oregon race, adding that the idiosyncratic shown successful the footage could beryllium antheral oregon female. 

Detectives had asked anyone who recognized the covering worn by the idiosyncratic oregon could place distinguishing characteristics, including the individual’s gait, to interaction authorities.

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Maine State Rep. Bill Bridgeo, who met Fuller portion moving arsenic metropolis manager successful Augusta, told NBC 4 Washington that the 87-year-old was a salient lawyer and a retired Navy Reserve officer.

Bridgeo told the section presumption Fuller had donated millions to helping the community.

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"A caller YMCA, a caller infirmary successful town, a large enlargement to our precocious school," helium said.

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