More Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Clarksburg Teen

GERMANTOWN, MD — A 16-year-old Clarksburg boy, already in custody on adult charges for a March 2024 shooting, faces additional charges related to an August 2024 shooting on Crystal Rock Drive in Germantown, police said.

When Jaiden Ochieng was arrested Sept. 6 for the March shooting, Montgomery County Police said he threw out a handgun, which ballistic testing later confirmed was the weapon used in the August shooting. The handgun had been reported lost by someone in Prince George’s County.

Ochieng now faces additional charges, including attempted first-degree murder, motor vehicle theft, and multiple firearms-related offenses, police said Thursday.

On Aug. 8, a drive-by shooting was reported in the 19600 block of Crystal Rock Drive that targeted a victim sitting on a park bench. The suspect, identified as Ochieng, got out of a vehicle and shot at the victim, who ran away without being hurt.

Detectives said the blue Honda Civic used in the shooting had been reported stolen from Clarksburg.

Ochieng is charged as an adult in both the March and August cases, police said, and is being held without bond at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit.

He previously was charged with attempted first-degree murder for the March 13 shooting in Germantown.

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