SILVER SPRING, MD – Police are trying to identify a woman wanted for a shooting at the CVS store located on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. The suspect is identified as a Hispanic woman approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has brown hair that she wore in a bun at the time. She was wearing a red shirt, multi-colored leggings, and white shoes, and carried a white and yellow bag.
On Sunday, at approximately 9:31 p.m., 4th District officers of the Montgomery County Police Department responded to the CVS Pharmacy in the 12300 block of Georgia Avenue for the report of a shooting that just occurred.
“Upon arrival, detectives determined that an unknown female suspect entered the CVS Pharmacy and began placing property belonging to the store in her bag,” police said in a statement. “When the suspect attempted to exit the store, an employee tried to stop her by standing in front of the exterior sliding glass exit door. At that time, an unknown male suspect approached the door the employee was attempting to block and fired a handgun into the bottom panel.”
The employee then allowed the female suspect to pass, and both the female and male suspect fled the scene with the stolen property.
The male suspect is described as Hispanic. He is bald and was wearing a dark colored shirt with a red striped mask covering his face.
Anyone with information regarding these suspects or this crime is asked to call the 4th District Investigative Section at 240-773- 5530.