Man fatally shot in Silver Spring public parking garage
A shooting inside a downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, parking garage left a man dead early Saturday morning, according to Montgomery County police.
Shortly after 2:30 a.m., police responded to numerous calls of shots fired inside Public Parking Garage 3, near Thayer and Silver Spring Avenues.
Upon arrival, they found a man with an apparent gunshot wound on the first level of the parking garage, who was later pronounced dead.
The shooting happened on the first day of Montgomery County paid Saturday parking, which county officials say will help fund more lighting, cameras and other safety and security measures for facilities in Downtown Bethesda, Silver Spring and Wheaton.
Last December, a 62-year-old man was fatally shot in the stairwell of the Wayne Avenue Garage in downtown Silver Spring, less than a half-mile away from the garage in Saturday’s shooting.
Police said it is still early in the investigation and will release more information as it becomes available after notifying the victim’s family. They said no suspect is in custody at this time.
Below is a map of where Saturday’s shooting took place.