Employee of senior living facility charged in death of 87

WTOP • February 25, 2026 • nation

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Maurquise Emillo James, a medication technician at Cogir of Potomac senior living facility, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 87-year-old resident Robert Fuller Jr., who was found shot in his apartment on February 14.
James is also charged with attempted first-degree murder of a Maryland State Police trooper, who was shot at during a traffic stop in Baltimore but later released from the hospital.
Investigators linked James to both crimes through evidence including bullet casings, discarded paper towels, multiple wigs, and surveillance footage showing a masked individual resembling James.
Police found signs of tampering with a side entrance door at the senior living facility, which was propped open with paper towels and had a disabled sensor;