Rockville City and Montgomery County police officers are investigating the death of an adult male from an apparent gunshot wound on June 14.
Officers responded to an apartment at 7:51 a.m. in the 600 block of Blandford Street in Rockville for a welfare check. They located a victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the official cause of death.
This is the third shooting in Rockville City in the previous few days. Rockville City Police officers arrested three teenage suspects in the earlier shootings.
In both of the early shootings, the suspects used ghost guns.
Caleb Jiron, 18, of Frederick, and Ferddy Gonzalez-Soto, 18, of Montgomery Village, were charged in connection with a shooting June 12 on North Washington Street. Both teens were armed with ghost guns, according to police.
They are charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and various firearms violations.
The victim is in stable condition in an area hospital.
On June 11, police arrested Octavia Brewster, 17, of Lanham, in connection with a shooting in the 600 block of Blandford Street. The victim in this incident was hospitalized in critical condition.
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