Someone broke into a Silver Spring home and shot and killed a man as he slept early Easter morning, and the victim’s mother questions the response from police and paramedics.
Carlos Carter, 20, was supposed to start a new job Monday.
But just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, someone broke into his family’s house on Old Columbia Pike, smashing a sliding patio door to gain entry, according to relatives. The shooter kicked open Carter’s bedroom door and fired.
Family members say after he was shot, Carter managed to make it up the stairs and out a door where his mother found him seriously wounded.
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Ring video shows police initially thought the victim shot himself, asking if he owned a gun and saying it looked like he shot himself.
Montgomery County police confirmed detectives, who were back at the house Monday, are investigating the case as a homicide. They have no suspects or motive.
Carter’s family also feels the response by paramedics took far too long for them to get to the scene.
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In police radio transmissions shortly after police arrived, the paramedics initially were told to stage blocks from the scene – standard procedure on crime scenes.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said it appears it took 14-15 minutes to get help to Carter as police had concerns about the security of the scene.
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