Judge Won’t Suppress Cell phone Data For Co-Defs in Gang-Linked Murder

By Tiffany Sartor - April 29, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

On April 29, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones rejected an earlier defense counsel’s motion to suppress the search and seizure warrant for cell phone data and records in the homicide trial of codefendants Bishop Chance, 18, and Gregory Whitfield, 19. Prosecutors says the crime is linked to gang rivalry.

Chance and Whitfield are charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, one each of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and firearm use, and various other firearm violations in connection to the fatal shooting of Theodore Burrell, 20, that occurred July 16, 2024.

According to court documents, Chance and Whitfield were known members of the “Monroe/Mosher” drug organization who sought out Burrell and another male victim in a Westside Shopping Center while claiming they were rivals from the “YRN” drug organization.

At approximately 5:43 p.m., police arrived at the 2400 block of Frederick Avenue and saw Burrell lying dead in front of a Wells Fargo Bank location with gunshot wounds to his leg and torso. 

Later that day, two other unknown males, later identified as Chance and the other male victim, walked into Harbor Hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds — Chance to his buttocks and the unnamed victim to his right shoulder. 

During questioning, the unnamed victim claimed he was shot in the Westside Shopping Center earlier that day. Chance refused to disclose any information pertaining to the shooting. 

Investigators recovered surveillance footage that located the suspects allegedly obtaining the getaway vehicle, a 2008 Infiniti registered to Whitfield, one hour prior to shooting. Social media interactions and monitored jail calls suggested a close association and possible gang ties between suspects. 

Chance and Whitfield are scheduled for another motion hearing May 16 before Judge Yolanda A. Tanner.