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By
Ethan Russo
- August 21, 2025
Attempted Murder
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Daily Stories
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Shooting
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Attorneys debated the guilt of attempted murder defendant Tyree Green during their closing arguments on Aug. 21 in a case about a date gone badly wrong.
Green, 24, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, malicious destruction of property, and two firearms violations in connection with a non-fatal shooting incident that occurred on New Year’s Eve, 2024, on the 2300 block of Anoka Avenue.
Though the victim was not injured in the incident, her apartment window was shattered from multiple gunshots. Police responded following a call from the victim, who later informed detectives she allegedly knew Green by the name Tyrone and became reacquainted with him through Instagram, where the pair recently began exchanging messages.
In its closing statement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Piper F. McKeithen, the prosecution played a recording of a neighboring resident’s 911 phone call reporting a loud, rowdy confrontation that was immediately followed by three or four gunshots.
The situation allegedly arose when the victim invited Green to her home and asked him to leave after the two began arguing, allegedly about Green’s unwanted sexual advances. After Green stepped outside, the victim locked her door, and the shouting continued. Moments later, multiple gunshots were fired through the window adjacent to her front door.
The victim called 911 immediately after the shooting. The statements given during her call matched the account she provided on the stand on Aug. 20.
The prosecution insisted Green knew exactly where the victim was when he fired the gun, claiming he shot through the front window with the deliberate and calculated intent of killing her.
Green’s defense attorney, John Deros, asserted that Green was improperly charged and subjected to a “nightmare experience” in court.
Deros noted that the victim testified in court that she observed two gunshots, while the 911 caller insisted they heard three or four. While the victim claimed to have called 911 immediately after the incident, no such recording was presented to the jury, Deros said.
No bullet fragments or firearms evidence were recovered from inside the house, and Deros suggested that the shots might have originated from some other location.
Green also testified on Aug. 20 that he heard several gunshots after leaving the victim’s apartment on foot.
In its rebuttal, the prosecution stated that the victim faced the real “nightmare,” as Green’s alleged actions endangered her life.
The prosecution called Green’s testimony vague, as he failed to state the amount of time that passed between his departure from the victim’s residence and his hearing the gunshots. The neighbor’s 911 call claimed the gunshots followed immediately behind a loud altercation.
Both parties have rested their cases, and the jury is deliberating its verdict.