Two Silver Spring men held without bond in fatal shootings of two 17-year-olds

Two men arrested in connection with two fatal shootings that occurred in Silver Spring’s Long Branch neighborhood were ordered held without bond in county jail on Monday by a Montgomery County District Court.

Jhony Steve Rosales-Castillo, 20, and Juan Carlos Gutierrez-Hernandez, 18, both of Silver Spring, were arrested Saturday after detectives executed a search warrant of their home on 11th Avenue in Silver Spring, according to charging documents. Two semiautomatic handguns were found in the house, the documents said.

The warrant was obtained after the fatal shooting deaths of Jaril Verde Murillo, 17, of no fixed address, on Aug. 19 in the 700 block of University Boulevard East, and Charly Blayner Vail Lucas, 17, of Silver Spring, on Sep. 5 at Long Branch Local Park. A 21-year-old man, who was not identified by police, was also shot and injured in the second shooting incident…

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