Argument leads to fatal shooting in Frederick County

A Frederick County man is dead after being shot at a home on the county’s western end during an apparent argument. At approximately 5:38 pm, a 9-1-1 call was received by emergency
communications personnel requesting police respond to a home on Whitlock Lane where someone had been shot. Both law enforcement and emergency medical crews were dispatched to the scene as attempts were made to gather more details about the incident.

Upon arrival, deputies located a subject, later identified as Jeffrey Behneke Jr., lying near the residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. The victim had no pulse and was pronounced deceased by EMS personnel. A suspect was on the scene and identified as Thorsten Schulze, who lives at the residence.

Schulze was detained and the Criminal Investigations Division of the sheriff’s office responded to take over the crime scene. During the course of the investigation, and subsequent interviews with Schulze, indications are that some form of verbal argument arose between the victim and the suspect which escalated and eventually culminated in Behneke being fatally shot by Schulze.

Schulze was transported to the regional adult detention facility, where he has been preliminarily charged with second-degree murder.

This continues to be an ongoing investigation, and no other details will be released at this time.