Baltimore, MD – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced Friday that no criminal charges will be filed against Gaithersburg Police officers involved in the December 24, 2024, in-custody death of Marvin Salamanca Garcia.

The decision follows an eight-month investigation by the Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID), which concluded that the officers did not violate state law during their encounter with Salamanca Garcia.

According to the investigation, officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 10:28 p.m. reporting a man causing a disturbance in the 300 block of Summit Avenue. They encountered Salamanca Garcia in the entryway of an apartment building, where he was covered in blood, behaving erratically, and speaking incoherently. Witne

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