WASHINGTON — Police in Montgomery County, Maryland have arrested a Germantown man in connection with the Thursday fatal shooting of 聽transgender woman in a service alley in the rear of a shopping center.
In a release Saturday morning, police 聽say they arrested Rico Hector Leblond,聽20, of the 12700 block of Wisteria Drive in Germantown, in connection聽with聽the murder of Zella Ziona, 21, of an unconfirmed address.聽聽Ziona was shot while in a service alley between the聽Montgomery Village Plaza and the Montgomery Village Crossing shopping centers. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
Police say聽Ziona and Leblond knew each other and “had some degree of friendship prior to Ziona鈥檚 murder.”
Leblond has been charged with first聽degree murder and is being 聽held without bail. 聽A bail聽review is scheduled for Monday, Oct.聽19 at 1 p.m. in Rockville.
