MoCo Police Identify Man Fatally Shot In White Oak

Updated Friday, 5:32 p.m.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Rafael Jeremias Brewster, a 32-year-old man from Beltsville, was identified Friday as the man fatally shot in the White Oak community earlier this week.

Montgomery County Police said the incident took place on the 1700 block of January Drive, with officers responding shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday for reports of a shooting.

The department said Brewster was found "lying in the roadway with an apparent gunshot wound." He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy carried out by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, police said.

Pete Piringer, a spokesperson with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said Thursday that one person evaluated at the scene had declined to be taken to the hospital.

Authorities have not detailed what prompted the afternoon shooting.

No arrests have been made in the case, police said, adding that there is "no additional suspect information" available at present.

Police are investigating the incident.