Teen charged as adult in Md. shooting police say was over cellphone

By Jack Pointer
March 13, 2018 | 3:48 PM

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Montgomery County police have arrested a 16-year-old they say shot a teen in February over a dispute involving a cellphone.

Damien Jared Fox Jr. — whom police had sought since an arrest warrant was issued March 1 — was found Monday at the home of a Silver Spring relative. Fox is being charged as an adult with first-degree assault, attempted armed robbery and the use of a handgun during a violent crime.

On the morning of Feb. 26, authorities said, Fox shot a 17-year-old male outside a residence in the 13900 block of Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville, where the victim was visiting friends.

Fox, who knew the victim, had repeatedly demanded that the 17-year-old hand over his cellphone, police said. The victim refused, then was shot as he walked to Paint Branch High School.

He was later taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

Measles outbreak in Maryland calls attention to the need to get vaccinated, local doctor says

By Kyle Cooper
August 24, 2026 | 9:59 PM

Maryland is declaring a measles outbreak in three counties as cases continue to rise across the state, highlighting the importance of getting immunized. Alexandra Yont, an infectious disease physician at Children’s National Hospital, said one important reason to get immunized is that measles is one of the most contagious viruses out there. “For every person that is infected with measles, for those without protection, so unimmunized individuals, on the order of between 10 and 13, could get or would get that illness from the one person,” Yont said, adding that it's an "effective transmitter disease." Maryland’s Department of Health sent out a notice Monday, which states, “The Maryland Department of Health is declaring an outbreak of measles in St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties and the identification and investigation of 14 new confirmed cases in unvaccinated Maryland residents. No public exposures have been identified in these cases.”

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