Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown’s cousin was shot to death in the garage of her Montgomery Village home Saturday night by an estranged boyfriend, who was killed by police, authorities said Monday.
Brown learned about Catherine Brown’s death shortly after arriving in Denver on Sunday afternoon for the Democratic National Convention, he said in a statement.
“I will be traveling back to Maryland immediately to be with my family during this difficult time,” Brown said. “I leave my fellow delegates with a heavy heart and I ask that everyone keep my family in their prayers.”
The shooting happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. Preliminary autopsy results indicated that the cause of Brown’s death was a single gunshot wound. Detectives have confirmed that her ex-boyfriend, Michael Keith Wilson, of Hagerstown, shot her.
Wilson was shot multiple times by police, authorities said. The number of shots fired by police and whether by one or both officers is still under investigation. The two officers have been placed on routine administrative leave for an investigation.
Montgomery County police responded to the home after receiving a call that two people were screaming, and a man was trying to force a woman into a house.
Police say Wilson was holding Brown against her will. While officers tried to calm Wilson, shots were fired.
Both Brown and Wilson died at the scene, police said.
Wilson was a private security guard at the Washington National Cathedral. Brown was a teacher at the Beauvoir School on the cathedral grounds.
