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By
Jasmine Milbourne
- July 31, 2025
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Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ruled that Richard Green, 61, was to remain in an in-patient case unit as he is still incompetent to stand trial on July 30.
Green is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and three counts of using a firearm in a felony violent crime.
In January of this year, Green was found incompetent to stand trial, upholding a previous evaluation from 2021. In other words, he doesn’t understand the charges against him nor can he help his lawyer.
Green, who has previously shown discontentment with complying to the courts and his attorneys, has not made progress since his last evaluation six months ago.
According to charging documents, on June 10, 2020, the Northeastern District Patrol received a call for a shooting on the 2400 block of Albion Avenue. An unidentified witness was arguing with a black male, later identified as Green, when the victim 57-year-old Tyra Womack got in the middle of the dispute.
Witnesses told police that Womack was trying to break up the argument when Green allegedly shot her multiple times with a semi-automatic handgun. Womack then stumbled into a neighbor’s yard who called 911.
Womack was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased.
The individual that was arguing with Green advised the police that the defendant was the one who allegedly shot Womack, and another witness identified a person said to be Green out of a photo array. According to other witnesses, Green had a history of disputes with neighbors spanning several years.
Investigating officers found three cartridge casings and additional evidence at the crime scene, but the witness alleged that Green had taken the handgun with him when he fled.