Three Arrested After Triple Shooting In Germantown

GERMANTOWN, MD — Police in Montgomery County arrested three people in connection to a triple shooting Saturday night that left a 19-year-old woman in the hospital "in critical condition with life-threatening injuries," the department said.

The two other victims, both 19-year-old men, are described as being in stable condition.

Police received reports of a shooting near Gunners Branch Park just after 8 p.m. Saturday. In a statement, the department said that that the suspects and victims were both attending the same cookout in the park.

Citing witnesses, police said that 17-year-old Jaheim Ronnell Hicks, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, was seen shooting the three victims and then fleeing with Germantown residents Sequan Markell Ashton, 19, and Henry Emanuel Tamba, 20.

"Approximately 20 minutes after the 911 call for the shooting, officers were dispatched to the area of the 18400 block of Allspice Drive for the report of three people running through a wooded area," police said . "Officers responded to the area and located three males, identified as Ashton, Hicks, and Tamba, near the woodline. The three suspects were arrested."

Later that night, police recovered a gun contained in a fanny pack near the woodline.

Hicks, who is being charged as an adult with three counts of attempted murder, "made admissions of guilt and stated that the shooting resulted from an ongoing dispute," police said.

Ashton and Tamba are facing charges for being an accessory after the fact to first-degree assault.