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By
Claire Schreiber
- February 26, 2025
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a May trial date for 43-year-old defendant Scott Jay on Feb. 26 after he rejected a plea offer.
Jay is charged with three counts each of first-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or violent crime, as well as reckless endangerment, firearm possession with a previous felony conviction, possession of a firearm without a serial number, and several other firearm-related charges.
June 27, 2024 video surveillance footage from the area of the incident showed two men, allegedly Jay and his 46-year-old brother John Jay, outside the 900 block of Seagull Avenue shooting at three unidentified males. The status of the victims is unknown.
The following day, a patrol detective observed a suspect leaving his residence in the 3400 block of Round Road and arrested him. According to charging documents, the detective spotted a bulge in Scott Jay’s waistband during a pat-down and found it to be a 9mm Polymer80 pistol loaded with seven live cartridges, a holster, and no serial number.
The detective obtained a search warrant for the Jay residence and located a 9mm cartridge casing that closely matched those found in the pistol recovered from the suspect’s waistband.
During a police interview, Scott Jay told officers that three black males had robbed him prior to the incident. Later in the day, he said, he spotted the males and allegedly decided to shoot at them because “he did not want to be bullied in a sense.” He claimed he did not intend to kill them males but only wanted “to send them a message.”
The prosecution offered a plea deal of 25 years, suspending all but 15, with three years supervised probation for first-degree assault. For firearm use in a felony or violent crime, they offered him 15 concurrent years, the first five without parole, and registration as a gun offender upon his release. Scott Jay rejected the plea.
Scott Jay’s trial is set to last three days, beginning May 15 before Judge Lynn Stewart Mays. Defense attorney Avrohom Greenfield will represent Jay.