Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown cut short his stay in Denver for the Democratic National Convention on Monday to be with his family after learning Sunday his cousin Catherine Brown had been shot to death by her ex-boyfriend.
Montgomery County police arrived at the 9400 block of Vineyard Haven Drive in Gaithersburg around 10:30 p.m. Saturday to find Michael Keith Wilson, 44, in a garage holding a gun to Brown’s head.
As officers tried to calm down Wilson, shots went off, and both Wilson and Brown, 40, were left dead.
Police said Monday that forensic evidence obtained from Brown’s autopsy confirmed that Wilson shot her and that Wilson was shot multiple times by police. Two county officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the final results of the investigation.
Brown was a teacher at the Beauvoir School on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral, where Wilson was a security guard.
“Cathy had taught at Beauvoir for a year and in her brief time at Beauvoir, she became a wonderful and important person in the life of our school,” a statement from the school said.
The lieutenant governor, as he left Denver, said in statement, “I leave my fellow delegates with a heavy heart and I ask that everyone keep my family in their prayers.”
