The Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division is asking for the public’s help in locating two suspects connected to a homicide in North Bethesda on Sunday last week.
As per the Montgomery County Department of Police release, the suspects, identified as 18-year-old Joshua Carter and 25-year-old Justin Michael Greene Collins, both from Silver Spring, are wanted on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the death of 29-year-old Akwalabeng Fontava.
Police said Fontava was fatally shot inside an apartment on the 5900 block of Montrose Road. After the shooting, a man and a woman were abducted and forced into a vehicle. The male victim was later released in Burtonsville. The vehicle was later found at Westfield Montgomery mall, where police arrested 37-year-old Sheldon Milan Boykins of Hyattsville and recovered the female victim. Boykins is being held without bond.
Detectives obtained warrants for Carter and Collins, charging each with first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and two counts of armed robbery.
Police are asking anyone with information on Carter or Collins to contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County through its website or by calling 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Tipsters may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward between $250 and $10,000 if their information leads to an arrest.
