Subscribe free to our daily email newsletterShooting On Calvin Lane; Two Injured
Jul 4, 2009 8:37 - 21 Comments
Last night (7/3/09) just after 10:30 Rockville city police, responding to a call on the >500 block of Calvin Lane, found two men, an eighteen and seventeen year old, suffering from gunshot wounds at a house party. The victims were taken to Suburban Hospital.
Witnesses on the scene said that the shooting was the result of an argument between the victims and a group of three or four others at the party, one of whom did the shooting. The group left the party in what was described as a black Honda.
Anyone with information should call Rockville city police at 240-314-8900.
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I was at a house off Broadwood last night and saw the police lights…we heard the shots but thought them fireworks….
I feel our teens are grossly neglected, go the parks, go to the community centers and all you see are youth teams, rentals and money makers. What ever happened to providing programs for our kids?? Everything is too expensive for kids now.
1/2 the kids were from the Oxon Hill area and some were 18 and over. There was one as young at 9 at this house party that was unsupervised at 509 Calvin Lane… which is a Section 811 rental house that is owned by a slum-lord who lives in Potomac. Needless to say, the neighbors on Calvin have a lot of work ahead to get them out of this neighborhood and let the landlord know that it will not be tolerated just because he needs a guarenteed rental income from this property (one of many many that he owns). It is abusive to the homeowners that live here. Get a couple or young family in there that really deserves and cares about an opportunity to live in a nice working-class neighborhood with good schools in a nice City (I think) and one of the best counties to live in Maryland.
Mark, What happened to everyone supporting his/her own kids, rather than expecting others to pay for kids whose parents can’t support the kids that they’ve made?People who can’t afford to take care of their kids should not be making more and more babies!
I agree they should not have more babies, but we need to do more to help those that are here. Our rec department needs to worry less about “cost recovery” and more about the numbers of kids in the police blotters. We need to capture their attention and lead them on the right path.
what does how many babies have to do with an out of control teenage party.
If this would happen in Pa. the landlord would loose his license to rent the house! Why can`t something like that be done here! Monique
Good point. We are doing our utmost to do so. Tenant is a section 8 recipient and she may use the veil of “disability” as well. Awful that the system can be abused like this! So, we homeowners have a few things in the works… mostly due to the fact that the tenant left her kids unsupervised and there were 100 or more kids in this house when the shooting occured. Awful.
I’ve lived on Calvin Lane all of my life (19 years) and never have I seen so much violence until recently. This is the third time we’ve had problems with the section 8 tenants at 509. Between the rash of break ins in the Twinbrook area this past November (which, by the way, was done by a group of local teens who attend Richard Montgomery) to now the mini-riot we had the other evening here on Calvin Lane, I’m sick of this area turning into a little ghetto. This isn’t S.E., this isn’t Baltimore Inner City, this isn’t Compton. These kids watch all of this violence on tv, and listen to all of this hip hop bip bop rap music, and think it’s how they should act. I’m sick of watching this area get overtaken by urban blight, and it’s time we do something about it here in Twinbrook.
the simple fact is that. everyone wants to pretend these things don’t happen and when they do people complaint about it. and say what they can do or shouldn’t done and end up doing nothing at all,thus it fades to black until something similar happens. I have lived in Twinbrook a good deal of my life, and the violence(sick of It) is not recently come to the area run a search on shooting in twinbook you’ll see more then expected. also rapes robberies and random assault would not be unusually to me either. Also most crimes if done yo a minority doesn’t get solved, nor much media attention at all. how many times you seen this on TV. long story short if there isn’t another shooting on your block. most of you NON section people will go about you daily as if it never happened. y’all are not concerned about your community you only get scared when the violence comes to close
This is an election year, so if you want to see some change in direction, VOTE! If we elected people who care as much about less afluent neighborhoods like Twinbrook as they do about the West End, then we might be able to see some progress.
Dear Truth… Being a Section 8 recipient has very little to do with how I view what occurred on our street. It is the individual family that is currently living there that is the problem. Period. Not all section 8 recipients are nonproductive and unappreciative ingrates. The occupants invited this element to our street. It is not acceptable and so they will be leaving our neighborhood and there will be legal consequences for the Landlord, Tenant and the City if they are not evicted. It will not be ignored… I can assure you of that.
one more thing…. there is no PRETENDING where we (neighbors) are concerned. And, we are UNITED on this matter so it will not fade into the dark. That is how REAL neighbors and concerned citizens behave towards one another, especially with a situation like this one.
Holy Crap!! I use to live at 507 Calvin Lane. I bet the neighbors wish it was just a band living in the neighborhood now! 509 use to be owned by a really nice guy when we first moved in. After that a group of no less than 10 people moved in there and it just went to crap. Glad I’m out of there now.
We remember you fellows… drums not a problem! We had a big turnout for our neighborhood meeting and it was encouraging to see so many neighbors come out. This is an ongoing investigation with the PD and other agencies so we are pleased about that. The owner of that house (who obviously does not live in this neighborhood), has shown little or no concern for the homeowners that live here and is enabling the occupants’ illegal activities and the community is working to eliminate the nuisance. So to that end… we would welcome your drums any day!
Well, looks like neighboring homeowners are still awaiting the outcome of the investigation into the shooting of two teens at 509 Calvin Lane. While the investigation is underway, I am left wondering… If the Mayor or any other City official lived next door to 509, especially with the long list of events that have taken place at that rental property over the course of the last few years that we have endured here, that the occupants would have been evicted long ago. Many events have occurred at this address over the years that have lead up to the shooting. I know that the value of my home is decreased because of the neighboring rental property’s current occupants’ behavior and the owner/landlord’s lack of care of the property (window’s smashed out by tenant’s son in March and not replaced until June) and the enabling of continued undesirable activities, so where is our City working for us here?? Bewildered…
Does the City have any power to evict people from privately owned homes? Just wondering… Something about that doesn’t sound right. Perhaps the City can fine the landlord for code violations (and I bet they do!), but that doesn’t really get rid of unwanted neighbors.
I too am wondering the outcome of this investigation, and I regret not being able to attend the meeting the other evening. That’s the only downside of working night shift is I miss every neighborhood watch meeting that’s been held thus far. It does seem like the City is trying to keep things quiet. I think it’s time we voice our concerns a little louder. Obviously if a petition does nothing but get ignored/thrown away, the next logical step is for every one of us to send a certified letter to the mayor/council voicing our concerns. Email and fax is another tool as well, just to make sure our voice is not ignored. If it weren’t for the obvious lack of concern from the landlord I’d say we start voicing our concerns directly to said slumlord, alas I feel that would be a lost cause…
Can the City evict someone from a private property? Just wondering… Doesn’t sound right.What can Mayor and Council do? The City can fine the landlord for code violations (if there are any), but I bet they are already doing that. Beyond that?
From what I hear, an eviction notice has been sent, and the landlord is in jeopardy of being hit with severe fines. As for the shooters, there are several suspects, but the kids who were shot are not talking (either scared or really stupid). All of the suspects are from the Olney or White Oak areas of the county and there should be arrests this week. But you didn’t hear it from me.
Shooting – I am pleased to hear that they have suspects in this case and hope they will have a solid arrest. There needs to be a clear message with regard to weapons and violence in our City, as well as a landlord’s responsibility in screening potential tenants and keeping his property up-to-code. Of course, I am elated to hear about the eviction letter and hope they follow through with the eviction. It has been a nightmare since day one when we moved into our home (extremely disappointing) and the violence has only escalated from there. I am hopeful and look forward to having new neighbors living in that house that will truly make it a home and be neighborly… folks that we can have a respectful relationship with and ones that care about each other, are responsible, hard working and want good relations with their neighbors. It does sadden me that it has come to this, however, my personal safety and my dear neighbors’ safety, as well as the community as a whole, are of the utmost importance here. It has been very quiet on our street, people going about their business, taking care of their families and very peaceful. That is what home is to me… a sanctuary, a respite. But you know the saying… there is always a calm before a storm. So, my guard and hypersensitivity is not completely down yet. Thank you to every person who did their part in accomplishing what needed to be done for this neighborhood.- Hooray!