Teen Charged as Adult in Shooting Death at Wheaton Metro

A Gaithersburg teenager was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old inside the Wheaton Metro Station May 18.

Emmanuel Leonard Simmonds, 16, is accused of shooting and killing Tenneson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., of Greenbelt, on the Metro train platform following an altercation, according to Montgomery County Police.

Simmonds, who was arrested at home, has been charged as an adult.

Also arrested was a 14-year-old male, who is charged with accessory after the fact for his role in Leslie Jr.’s death. He is being charged as a juvenile.

Simmonds and other juvenile males were on the escalator, as was the deceased and a group of his friends, when a physical altercation arose, according to police. The fight escalated, and Simmonds is believed to have shot Leslie, Jr. before board a train and leaving the scene, police said.

He is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He also is charged with first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a loaded handgun.

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