Arrest Made In Fatal Shooting At Senior Living Facility: Police

BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE, MD — An arrest has been made in the fatal Feb. 14 shooting of an 87-year-old man at a Potomac senior living facility, police said.

The Montgomery County Police Department announced early Wednesday that an individual tied to the shooting death of Robert Fuller Jr. was taken into custody.

Police did not identify the individual or offer any information on what prompted the shooting, instead announcing that a news conference would be held at 3 p.m. to discuss the case in full.

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The department, however, did indicate that the individual had shot at a trooper with the Maryland State Police during a traffic stop.

The details of that incident are also unclear at the moment.

The latest announcement comes after Montgomery County Police put out a call to the public for its help in identifying an individual who was seen on video surveillance leaving the senior living home.

Police had been called to the facility just after 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 14 for reports of an unresponsive person. Fuller was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Since the initial reports on the fatal shooting, details have surfaced about Fuller, who hails from Maine and moved to Maryland with his wife a few years back. He stayed in the area after she died.

NBC4 reported that Fuller became known for philanthropic work in Maine, where he donated millions toward the construction of a new recreational center and a hospital, among other initiatives.

He also served as a senior officer in the Naval Reserve and was a descendant of Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville Fuller, a key figure in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case, according to WGMEWGME.