For Immediate Release: Monday, June 24, 2024
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division have arrested and charged 22-year-old Trevon Hatcherson-Ross with the shooting death of 19-year-old Justice T’Ziyan Elliott that occurred on a Metro Bus on Friday, February 17, 2023, on Lockwood Drive in White Oak.
Third District officers on patrol in the Vista at White Oak apartments witnessed a WMATA Metro Bus pulled over on Lockwood Drive. The officers stopped to assist and discovered that a shooting had occurred inside of the bus.
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Officers attempted life-saving measures on the victim until Montgomery County Fire Rescue arrived . The victim, later identified as Justice T’Ziyan Elliott, was pronounced dead on scene.
During the course of the investigation, detectives identified Hatcherson-Ross as the suspect.
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Detectives obtained an arrest warrant against Hatcherson-Ross, charging him with firs-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and reckless endangerment related charges.
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On Friday, June 14, Hatcherson-Ross, of Washington, D.C., was extradited from a detention center in Washington, D.C. to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he is being held without bond.
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Release ID: 24-279
Media Contact: CC
Categories: arrest , homicide
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