Rockville, MD – Today in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, the Honorable Debra Dwyer sentenced defendant Demari Brown, 21, of Montgomery Village, to life in prison, suspending all but 45 years to serve, and five years of supervised probation upon release. On May 19, 2026, Brown entered a guilty plea to one count of first-degree murder for the death of 20-year-old Henry Krishawn Gilbert of Montgomery Village.
On April 26, 2025, on Brookridge Court in Gaithersburg, the victim, Henry Gilbert, was found deceased inside a green Honda Civic that had struck a curb with the engine still running. He had been shot in the head, execution style, while sitting in his vehicle. Following an investigation by the Montgomery County Police Homicide Unit, Brown and co-defendant Jorden Hungerford, 20, were arrested. The investigation determined Hungerford posed as a female friend of the victim via social media messages, luring the victim to the location by requesting to buy seventy dollars’ worth of marijuana from him. The defendants then arrived at Brookridge Court, where they robbed and shot Gilbert.
Hungerford was found guilty by a jury on May 18, 2026, on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He faces the potential of life in prison plus an additional 60 years. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2026.
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Assistant State’s Attorneys Teresa Casafranca and Lauren Turner are prosecuting this case.
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