Officer Involved In Gaithersburg Fatal Shooting Named: MD AG's Office

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Deputy Sheriff III Domenic Mash of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was identified as the officer who discharged his firearm the Wednesday morning fatal shooting in Gaithersburg, according to a release from the Maryland Attorney General's office.

Mash, a 9.5-year veteran assigned to the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, was serving an arrest warrant in the 100 block of Garth Terrace in Gaithersburg around 9:30 a.m., according to the Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General.

During the execution of the warrant, Mash discharged a firearm, fatally injuring the wanted man. A second man was shot and taken to an area hospital to be treated for his injuries, according to the IID.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations Baltimore Field Office is conducting the initial investigation. The IID retains an obligation under Maryland law to conduct its own investigation and write its own report of the shooting. At the conclusion of the IID's investigation, that report will be referred to the relevant State's Attorney's Office to consider whether state charges are appropriate.

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