LAST SUSPECT IN TANEYTOWN SHOOTING ARRESTED

(TANEYTOWN, MD) – Troopers with the Westminster Barrack Criminal Investigations Section and Maryland State Police State Apprehension Team (SAT) arrested Dalonte S. Dunston, 21, of no fixed address, in Frederick yesterday afternoon.

After numerous interviews with associates, troopers tracked Dunston to his grandmother’s residence in the 1000 block of Heather Ridge Court in Frederick City. After a brief foot-chase, Dunston was taken into custody. Troopers searched the Heather Ridge Court residence for evidence related to the Friday morning shooting. Dunston was transported back to Carroll County and served with a warrant for attempted murder, first degree assault, armed robbery and numerous other related charges to the Friday morning shooting of a Taneytown man.

Dunston is believed to be one of five people who went to 3909 Old Taneytown Road in Taneytown early Friday morning with the intent to rob Alan J. Kent of money, drugs and guns. Kent was shot in the leg and struck in the head during the early morning robbery. Three other men have been charged and a female who drove the vehicle to and from Kent’s residence faces charges for her role in the robbery. Kent was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he was treated and released with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators also recovered what they believe to be the handgun used by Dunston during the robbery. A citizen in Taneytown notified police that she found a handgun in some bushes blocks from where several suspects in the robbery were located on Grand Drive. The handgun was seized by state police investigators and will be compared with evidence located at the Old Taneytown Road crime scene.

This is still an active and ongoing investigation being led by members of the Westminster Barrack Criminal Investigations Section.