Shots Fired At Gaithersburg Church, Police Search For Suspect

GAITHERSBURG, MD — Church officials told Montgomery County police that their church was shot at after they discovered a bullet hole near the front entrance, police said.

A parishioner of the New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church in Gaithersburg called police Wednesday after he attended a service at the church and noticed a bullet hole in a window frame.

Officers responded to the church at 7401 Muncaster Mill Rd. and recovered a bullet fragment from the frame. Church representatives are unsure of when this firearm discharge occurred, police said.

Police were called to the church again at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday for the report of sounds of multiple gunshots. The church sustained damage from apparent gunfire and officers recovered bullet fragments at the scene, police said. Officers also recovered multiple shell casings on Muncaster Mill Road near the church.

No one was hurt in either of these incidents, police said.

Anyone with information about is asked to call police at 240-773-5770. Those who wish to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Crime Solvers will pay a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information provided to them that leads to an arrest in this crime. Tipsters may remain anonymous.

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