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Hours after Rafael Jeremias Brewster of Prince George’s County was fatally shot in Silver Spring on Thursday, Montgomery County police searched an apartment nearby and detained two men and two women. No one has been charged. [Fox 5]
House of worship aims to build affordable housing
Silver Spring United Methodist Church is working to be one of the first house of worship to build affordable housing under Montgomery County’s FAITH zoning text amendment approved in 2024. The church aims to build a 135-unit affordable housing project on its 3-acre property. [Washington Business Journal]
GPS data, phone records, surveillance videos may have led police to a hit man
Montgomery County police used a range of digital data to find and connect a suspect to a fatal shooting in the Fairland area in 2025. As the case plays out in court, the man’s attorney argues that the collection of evidence was too broad. [The Washington Post]…