A 28-year-old Montgomery Village man was arrested Wednesday in Ocean Metropolis, Maryland, for allegedly capturing two workers on the Topgolf at 20101 Century Boulevard in Germantown, Montgomery County Police mentioned.
Cyprian Nwaigwe was charged with two counts every of tried second-degree homicide, first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony violent crime, in accordance with police. Nwaigwe additionally faces prices of trespassing and reckless endangerment, in accordance with court docket data.
Police allege that Nwaigwe refused to depart the Topgolf round 12:06 a.m. Tuesday, after being knowledgeable by a safety guard that it was closing. The altercation turned bodily, police mentioned, and Nwaigwe allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot the 23-year-old safety guard in his higher physique and an 18-year-old worker in his decrease physique. Nwaigwe then left the scene, police mentioned.
Each victims suffered “critical however non-life-threatening accidents,” in accordance with police, and had been transported to the hospital.
Topgolf closes at midnight Monday by way of Thursday and 1 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. A Topgolf worker instructed MoCo360 that they opened at their regular time Wednesday.
Police recognized Nwaigwe because the suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest. On Wednesday, round 12:57 a.m., police mentioned they situated Nwaigwe in an Ocean Metropolis lodge and arrested him, with help from the Ocean Metropolis Police Division.
Nwaigwe has since been transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit and is awaiting his bond listening to, police mentioned.
Nwaigwe’s legal professional, Thomas Maronick Jr., with Maronick Legislation, instructed MoCo360 that his shopper’s bond evaluate might be at 1 p.m. Thursday on the Rockville District Court docket.
He mentioned he might be arguing for Nwaigwe’s launch on the listening to and after that, he will “sit up for our day in our court docket.”
