The 87-year-old man found fatally shot on Valentine’s Day at his Potomac senior living facility authored a self-published novel titled “Unnatural Deaths.”

The novel is set in Maine, where Robert Fuller Jr. practiced law for more than 35 years before he moved to Maryland to live closer to his family, according to the Bangor Daily News. The story revolves around a murder solved by “diligent police work,” wrote one reviewer.

Montgomery County Police on Monday identified Fuller, a resident at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living facility, as the victim of a fatal shooting there but have not publicly identified a suspect.

Officers found Fuller dead on Saturday morning, with head trauma. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will officially determine the cause and manner of death.

On Monday, the Bangor Daily News reported that Fuller, in addition to practicing law in Maine, had served in the Naval Reserve. He was also known for his philanthropy, including a $1.64 million gift in 2021 to modernize the athletic complex of a public high school in Augusta, the state’s capital.

The news outlet also noted that Fuller in 2013 commissioned a statue of a relative, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, that was installed at Augusta’s Kennebec County Courthouse, which now mostly houses county offices.

Fuller agreed to pay for the statue’s removal when objections to it arose after the 2020 killing of George Floyd. Justice Fuller, who served from 1888 to 1910, had voted to uphold racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case.

Cogir Potomac Senior Living

Staff at the Cogir facility, which sits in one of the most affluent areas of Montgomery County, turned a reporter away on Tuesday.

A spokesperson said in a statement that the company is “deeply saddened” by Fuller’s death and is cooperating with law enforcement’s investigation, but is not at this time providing details about Fuller out of respect for his family’s privacy.

“The safety and well-being of our residents and team members remain our highest priority,” the statement added.

Cogir Potomac sells itself on its website as a tight-knit, upscale community where residents shape its programs, including bingo nights and nature walks. Residents’ monthly costs range from $6,169-$12,850.

The facility offers a range of apartments, from 400-square-foot studios to two-bedroom units more than twice that size.

Montgomery County seniors dying in violence

Fuller is not the only senior citizen to die in an alleged homicide in Montgomery County during the past year.

Several 2025 cases involved family members who turned into suspects.

• In August, a 60-year-old Derwood man who lived with a roommate and his 81-year-old mother was charged in her death. The woman’s son was charged with first-degree murder, and the roommate was charged as an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder for helping to dispose of her body. The deceased was left on the street near Route 124 and Brink Road, police said.
• In July, an 80-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing his wife in their Leisure World apartment. The suspect’s wife, who was 78, was found with stab wounds and blunt-force trauma on her body, police said.
• In March, a 27-year-old Potomac man was charged with the murder of his 87-year-old grandmother.

Anyone with information about Fuller’s death is asked to visit the Crime Solvers of Montgomery County website at www.crimesolversmcmd.org and click on the www.p3tips.com link, or to call 1-866-411-8477. Tips with information leading to an arrest can result in rewards from $250 up to $10,000. Tips can remain anonymous.