GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Montgomery County Police (MCP) have launched a homicide investigation after a 20-year-old man was founded dead in a wooded area in Silver Spring, Maryland.
On Nov. 9, officers from the third district were called to the 9000 block of Piney Brach Road for a report of a shooting just before 6 p.m.
Once at the scene, officers found a man suffering from gunshot wound. The victim was hospitalized in serious condition, police said.
Then, MCP K9 officers found a second victim who was found dead in a wooded area nearby, authorities said. He was identified as 20-year-old Edvin Moises Agustin Leon.
Leon's body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore where an autopsy was conducted. A medical examiner determined Leon's cause of death was homicide.
No suspects have been identified by MCP investigators in either incident.
Detectives from the Major Crimes Division are asking anyone with information regarding the shooting and homicide to contact them by calling (240) 773-5070 or Crime Solvers of Montgomery County at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
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