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Germantown shootout leaves homes, cars damaged

Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, released new video Wednesday of a Gaithersburg shooting that left bullet holes in a handful of homes and cars earlier this month. It happened around 1:45 a.m. June 5 on Mill Pond Terrace near Mill Pond Court, according to a news release from Montgomery County police. The newly released video — taken by a home surveillance camera — shows a group of people firing multiple gunshots toward someone or something outside the video frame before scattering.

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Hours after the shooting, detectives found multiple shell casings and bullet damage to the surrounding homes and cars. Residents in the area said that there was a “large party” on the night of the shooting, but investigators do not know whether it is related to the incident. No one was injured in the shooting, officials said. Detectives continue to investigate the and have asked anyone with more information to call police at 240-773-6245. Below is a map of where the shooting took place. [google_map latitude=”39.19313″ longitude=”-77.23057″ zoom=”15″ height=”300px” location_label=”” dynamic_map=”false”]

Fentanyl seizures plummet as Trump administration shifts focus to immigration

WASHINGTON — Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday.  Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a subagency of DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reported an “all hands-on deck” environment toward immigration enforcement began in January 2025, according to the DHS Office of Inspector General report. “With ICE dedicating more staff hours to immigration investigations, staffing hours for fentanyl investigations declined,” the report said. The report found that the hours dedicated to fentanyl investigations for fiscal 2025 declined by more than 250,000 hours, or 31%, compared to fiscal 2024.
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