A Montgomery County grand jury has returned an indictment against a man accused of killing two people in Olney.
Rohan Goodlett, 35, has been indicted on two counts of murder and two counts of using a handgun in a violent crime, court records show.
Police say Goodlett, who has a history of mental-health issues, is linked through ballistics testing to two shooting deaths in Olney. He is charged in the March 18 slaying of Nazir Ahmed and March 21 killing of Punyasara Gedara. Gedara, 41, was gunned down in broad daylight, and the 81-year-old Ahmed was shot in the head in his own home.
Goodlett had been under supervision by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since January 2009, after he was found guilty but not criminally responsible in a burglary and harassment case. According to a court order, he was required to see a psychiatrist and therapist once a month, avoid alcohol and drugs, and not “possess, own, use or carry” a gun or other weapon, among other conditions.
The department has said Goodlett was seemingly complying with his court-ordered treatment at the time he was charged in the Olney cases.
A scheduling hearing in the case is set for Friday.
