Two MoCo teens face attempted murder charges related to shooting at Germantown Giant Food

Pair allegedly chased man through store before shooting him, police say

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April 1, 2026 5:29 p.m.

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Two Montgomery County teenagers are facing attempted murder and other charges in connection with a March 20 shooting inside of a Germantown Giant Food grocery store that injured one man, county police said Wednesday in a news release.

Marcus Isaiah Jovon Braithwaite, 19, of Germantown, was arrested Tuesday and a 16-year-old from Montgomery Village was arrested March 25 after detectives allegedly identified them as the two suspects who chased the man through the grocery store at 18331 Leaman Farm Road before shooting him.

Montgomery County police identified the 16-year-old suspect, but Bethesda Today does not publish the names of minors charged with crimes.

The teens have been charged as adults with attempted first-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime, according to the release. The 16-year-old was charged as an adult.

According to the release, the 16-year-old was arrested on March 25 in Sterling, Virginia, and is awaiting extradition to the county. Braithwaite was arrested Tuesday in Germantown and is being held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he awaits a bond hearing.

Online court records for the case and attorney information were not available for either of the suspects as of Wednesday afternoon

In announcing the arrests, county police also released a video with surveillance footage from inside the store that shows two suspects entering, chasing the man through the produce aisles with what appears to be a gun in one of their hands and then shooting the man near the checkout lanes.

In the video, shoppers and employees duck behind the checkout lanes and take cover. Balloons hanging at the front of the store drop to the ground, indicating they may have been pierced by the bullets.

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The shooting occurred around 8:45 p.m. at the Giant Food in the Kingsview Village Shopping Center. Shortly after the shooting, police and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews responded to the store for reports of shots fired.

Upon arriving to the scene, first responders located a man inside the Giant Food store suffering from gunshot wounds. The man was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

No other injuries were reported.

Police said they identified Braithwaite and the 16-year-old as suspects while investigating and obtained arrest warrants for them on March 21.

The arrests follow a spate of violent incidents and other arrests involving juveniles in the county in March.

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In early March, a 16-year-old from Silver Spring was arrested and charged after he was allegedly found with a ghost gun in Takoma Park. On March 10, a Gaithersburg High School student was charged as an adult for possession of a loaded handgun on school property after he was arrested following a community tip to school staff. Another teen was arrested and charged as an adult after he allegedly stabbed two other boys near the Wawa store in Gaithersburg on March 16.

In early February, a 16-year-old was charged as an adult following a shooting inside Rockville’s Thomas S. Wootton High School that injured another student. The teen boy was charged as an adult with attempted murder and other offenses in connection with the shooting.

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Originally published at Bethesdamagazine