Bethesda man among two Metro employees dead after murder-suicide in Friendship Heights

Shooting tied to domestic dispute, police say

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April 10, 2026 10:54 a.m.

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Two Metro employees are dead after a murder-suicide Thursday morning in the Friendship Heights area of D.C., according to police.

Officers responded at 1 a.m. to the area of 44th and Jenifer streets NW, where 42-year-old Robert Stokes, of Middle River, Maryland, and 44-year-old Terrell Cross, of Bethesda, Maryland, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said in a news release Cross shot Stokes, then shot himself and that the shooting was tied to a domestic dispute.

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Originally published at Bethesdamagazine