Teen charged as adult in November shooting that struck four Germantown residences

Bullets hit multiple bedrooms including one where child was sleeping

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April 22, 2026 6:11 p.m.

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Montgomery County police have charged a 17-year-old boy as an adult in connection with a November shooting that resulted in four Germantown residences being struck by bullets, including a bedroom where a child was sleeping, the department said Wednesday in a news release.

Bethesda Today does not publish the names of minors who are charged with crimes.

The Germantown teen was charged with multiple offenses in connection with the Nov. 27 shooting, including attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, police said. He also is facing additional firearms-related offenses.

The shooting occurred in the early morning of Nov. 27 within a residential townhome community in the 20500 block of Staffordshire Drive off Waters Landing Drive. Around 4:45 a.m., officers responded to the area after multiple reports of shots fired, according to the release.

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Officers found several spent bullet casings at the scene and discovered four residences had been struck by bullets, police said. The gunfire also entered multiple bedrooms, including one where a child was asleep.

Police said no injuries were reported after the shooting.

On April 16, police obtained an arrest warrant for the teen that charged him as an adult. He is now being held at the county’s Central Processing Unit in Rockville, according to the release.

Before the warrant, the teen had been arrested on outstanding charges unrelated to the shooting, police said. During the arrest, police found a firearm on the teen, and he was also charged with firearms offenses.

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The Germantown neighborhood where the shooting occurred has been the site of other shootings in the 20500 block of Staffordshire Drive that occurred in 2025. Police reported one incident in April that year, in which two vehicles and a residence were struck by gunfire, and another in July, in which one residence was struck by bullets. No injuries were reported following either shooting.

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Originally published at Bethesdamagazine