3 Suspects Arrested In Forest Glen Homicide: Police

SILVER SPRING, MD — Three suspects have been arrested and charged for the July 19 homicide in the Forest Glen area of Silver Spring, police announced Wednesday.

Police arrested Re'Quan Kasim Hopson, 21, of Arlington, Va.; Oliver Waltz Farley, 19, of Arlington, Va. and Brian Anthony Mackall, 20, of Suitland.

At about 9:50 p.m. July 19, police received a call from a person inside a residence in the 1600 block of Belvedere Blvd. who reported that a suspect entered the home and shot someone inside the home, police said. The caller told police that the suspect fled from the home after the shooting.

Officers responded to the home and located an adult male victim on the upper level of the home suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, police said.

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Investigators confirmed that this homicide is related to "the illegal distribution of marijuana," police said. Detectives determined that Hopson, Farley and Mackall arrived at the victim's home to purchase a large quantity of marijuana. The victim invited Farley and Mackall into the home, while Hopson waited in a vehicle that was parked on Belvedere Boulevard, police said.

After entering the home, Farley and Mackall proceeded upstairs with the victim to the victim’s bedroom, where the victim was shot, police said. Farley and Mackall then fled from the home. Mackall entered the vehicle being driven by Hopson and these two suspects then fled from the area. Farley fled from the home and was later driven from the area by an Uber driver, police said.

Hopson was arrested July 20 by Arlington Police Department officers for offenses that occurred in Arlington and were unrelated to this homicide. Montgomery County Police detectives responded to Arlington County and interviewed Hopson regarding the Kemachet-Webster homicide investigation.

During the interview, Hopson admitted to driving both Farley and Mackall to the victim’s home to purchase marijuana and then to driving Mackall from the home after the homicide, police said. Montgomery County Police investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Hopson and charged him with first-degree murder. He is currently being held in the Arlington County Jail pending extradition to Montgomery County.

Subsequent to Hopson’s arrest, Farley was arrested that afternoon at his place of employment in Northwest, Washington, police said. Farley is currently being held in Washington, pending extradition to Montgomery County.

On July 24, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Mackall and charged him first-degree murder. He was arrested on July 25 by Metropolitan Police Department officers in Washington and is currently being held in Washington, pending extradition to Montgomery County, police said.

Photos: Hopson, Farley, Mackall/Montgomery County Police Department