Crime & Safety
Second Teen Charged In Germantown Basketball Court Shooting: Cops
A 17-year-old was arrested & charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.
GERMANTOWN, MD — A second teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with the Germantown basketball shooting that killed one man, 20-year-old Axel Trejos, and injured three others on the night of Aug. 18.
A 17-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for the killing at the Plum Gar Rec Center.
Police had previously arrested 14-year-old Shilen Wylie and charged him with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder. He is being charged as an adult. In Maryland, 14-year-olds and older are automatically tried as adults in the event of a first degree murder charge, among some others.
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Some county leaders have recognized the role of gun violence in young people's lives, as well as ghost guns. Montgomery County State Attorney John McCarthy said the gun used at the Plum Gar shooting was a ghost gun, and that any gun law passed in the past few decades would be useless without getting rid of ghost guns.
"If you don't get a handle on ghost guns, you throw all of that progress out the window," McCarthy said in a video posted to Twitter.
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(1/2) Last week’s fatal shooting in Germantown was senseless, and it was a #ghostgun that shattered the lives of 4 youth including #AxelTrejos. In a split second, gun violence destroys many lives and we must continue to advocate for meaningful change. @McCarthyMoCo @MoCoDHHS pic.twitter.com/5l7FPPUJDG
— Gabe Albornoz (@albornoz_gabe) August 27, 2021
The Plum Gar Rec Center is at 15961 Scenery Drive in Germantown.
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