Man Sentenced to 100 Years For Attempted Murder

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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan C. Lazerow sentenced attempted murder defendant Obidiah Malone to 100 years on Feb. 28. The prosecution suggested Malone might have been ultimately responsible for the victim’s death.

Malone was initially charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, reckless endangerment, and several other related firearm charges.

Judge Lazerow ultimately handed Malone a sentence of 100 years, suspending all but 40, the first five without possibility of parole. He also granted defense attorney Brandon MacFee’s request that Malone be transferred to a correctional facility that would better fit his mental health needs.

Officers responded to a report of a walk-in shooting victim at St. Agnes Hospital on Oct. 10. 2022 and learned he received four gunshot wounds, one each to both legs, right elbow, and to left bicep, The victim was able to identify Malone, and subsequent investigations confirmed Malone as primary main suspect.

The prosecution asked Judge Lazerow to hand Malone the maximum sentences for his crimes, pointing to Malone’s apparent lack of remorse. They spoke at length about how the victim, who required physical therapy following the incident, had been unarmed and holding his hands in the air prior to the shooting.

They noted that Malone and his siblings were raised in the same neighborhood as the victim and knew him personally. Two months after the initial incident, the victim was shot and killed near his physical therapy clinic. Investigators were unable to tie Malone to the victim’s eventual death, but the prosecution implied Malone could have been indirectly responsible.

MacFee countered that Malone was in holding at the time of the victim’s death. He asked Judge Lazerow for a 20-year sentence, describing how Malone’s past was rife with abuse, neglect, and diagnoses of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Had Malone received proper treatment for his troubled past, MacFee said, he might never have executed the shooting.