Montgomery County Murder Suspect Caught In North Carolina; Second Still Wanted: Police

One of two men wanted in the execution-style killing of a 29-year-old Maryland man has been captured hundreds of miles away — but detectives say the hunt isn’t over yet.

Joshua Carter, 18, was arrested in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this week in connection with the Sept. 21 murder of Akwalabeng Fontava, who was found shot to death inside his North Bethesda apartment on Montrose Road, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police.

Police and fire rescue units were called to the 5900 block of Montrose Road just before 7:40 a.m. that Sunday for a welfare check and found Fontava dead at the scene…

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