Overview
- A judge ruled Maurquise Emillo James incompetent and dangerous Friday morning, ordering commitment to a state psychiatric facility until a November 9 evaluation.
- James, 22, is indicted on first-degree murder in Montgomery County in the Feb. 14 killing of 87-year-old philanthropist Robert Fuller Jr. inside Cogir Potomac Senior Living, where James worked as a medication technician.
- A Baltimore grand jury on April 8 indicted James on attempted first- and second-degree murder and six gun misdemeanors tied to a shot fired at a Maryland state trooper.
- Ballistics testing matched the bullet that killed Fuller to a round fired at the trooper, who was not hit.
- Investigators cite surveillance of a masked person using a secured side door, a witness who recognized James’ gait, multiple wigs, and attempts to prop open doors and tamper with alarms, while Fuller’s partner has sued the facility alleging it ignored staff warnings.