20-Year-Old Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

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A 20-year-old man accused of a non-fatal shooting accepted a plea offer on Jan. 6 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn

The Baltimore resident was charged with possession of a firearm as a minor, having a handgun in a vehicle, and discharging firearms in connection to an incident on May 16, 2020. 

Judge Phinn listened as the prosecutor presented a plea of two years unsupervised probation for having a handgun in a vehicle. 

The defendant and his defense attorney, Creston Smith, accepted the plea offer.