Millionaire philanthropist Robert Fuller Jr. shot dead in D.C. suburb

A millionaire philanthropist from Maine was shot to dying at an assisted residing facility in an upscale suburb of Washington, DC, in response to police.

The Montgomery County Police Division in Maryland mentioned it responded to an emergency name within the early morning of Feb. 14 on the Cogir Potomac Senior Dwelling, the place first responders discovered Robert Fuller Jr., 87, with extreme head trauma.

“After processing the scene, murder detectives confirmed that Fuller had been shot,” the division mentioned in a information launch. “His dying is being investigated as a murder and he was taken to the Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner for an post-mortem to find out the trigger and method of dying.”

Robert Fuller Jr. (L) delivers remarks on the 2017 opening of the Veterans Educational Middle in Augusta, Maine, a venture to which he donated. (Joe Phelan/Centralmaine.com)

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No arrest has but been made within the case and police haven’t any suspects.

Fuller was a retired Navy reserve officer and a strong lawyer from Augusta, Maine, the place he mentioned he was often called a significant philanthropist. reports.

In keeping with the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, Fuller donated greater than $1.6 million to modernize the Cony Excessive Faculty athletic advanced in Augusta after the venture stalled as a result of monetary challenges town confronted throughout COVID-19.

The doorway to Cogir Senior Dwelling in Potomac, Maryland, in November 2025. (Google Maps)

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“I imagine that when a highschool has an ongoing historical past of athletic success, it fosters a way of neighborhood satisfaction. It really works away. When this satisfaction turns into obvious, it turns into simpler to draw individuals who add worth – docs, lecturers, artists, entrepreneurs – and who select to remain within the space,” Fuller mentioned when the charitable contribution was introduced. “Not solely as a result of Augusta has the superior amenities and companies they demand, however additionally it is the place the place a customer can see that its residents are optimistic and luxuriate in residing the place they’re. You’ll be able to’t have profitable groups at the moment with out the infrastructure it’s good to help them, so I do not view my motion as merely a present, however quite an funding in Augusta’s future.”

The Maine State Capitol is photographed in Augusta, Maine. (eyecrave productions through Getty Pictures)

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Subsequently, the athletic subject was named after Fuller.

In keeping with the identical announcement, Fuller additionally made a charitable contribution to the MaineGeneral Medical Middle, Kennebec Historic Society, Cony Excessive Faculty, Kennebec Valley YMCA, Previous Fort Western, a historic landmark in Augusta, in addition to a neighborhood library.