Man fatally shot in Frederick

By Associated Press

July 21, 2008

FREDERICK - Maryland state police say they are investigating the death of a man found shot after his car ran off a Frederick County road early yesterday.

State police say the man had not been positively identified but was believed to be a 27-year-old from Montgomery County.

Troopers responding to the scene of a single-car crash found a man with a gunshot wound to the upper torso behind the wheel of a car that had jumped the curb at an intersection.

State police say witnesses say they saw two people running from the area. Frederick County deputies later questioned two individuals, but they had not been charged.

State police said the victim had been at a party shortly before the shooting and that he was driving a vehicle owned by his girlfriend, who lives in Frederick.