text: Head of Major Crimes Asks Young People Who May Have Information About the Killing of Northwest Students to Come Forward | Germantown Pulse News for Germantown Md
  Francke said his detectives worked all through last week, and all through the weekend, and have spoken to more than 100 people regarding this case. "We have a lot of information that we are working through; we have an extensive crime scene, and there is a lot of analysis that needs to go on with the evidence that we've collected there. Also, as we do what we call victimology, as we look at our two victims we gather more information, we talk to friends and family, and that gives us more leads and information that we can follow up on. There is a lot of work going on by not only the Major Crimes Division but every division within this department to figure out what occurred and why those two men were gunned down," Francke told reporters.
  He would not say if the teens were targeted or if the MCPD has come to the conclusion that this was a random event. "If you heard the audio clip, and you've seen the little information that we've been able to share with you. Certainly, this was a very personal act, which is not to say that they (the victims and the killer or killers) knew each other. Otherwise, I would tell you that it is not random."
  However, he said that history had shown Montgomery County detectives that homicide cases are generally not random events. "Our experience in all of these cases is that there is a connection. In Montgomery County, we have a history of homicides where there is a connection between the suspect and the victim. We are actively searching for that connection so that we can arrest the people responsible for this homicide."