Opening statements were presented June 11 in the trial of Ronald Hall, 49, a man charged with the shooting and killing of Albert Manning, 37, on May 11, 2025.
Hall’s case is being argued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy, and he is charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of firearm use in a felony violent crime and two counts of firearm possession with a felony conviction. Manning was found deceased outside on the 3500 block of 2nd Street in the South Baltimore Brooklyn neighborhood with three gunshot wounds.
Hall was allegedly in the area between 4 a. m.-and-5 a.m., before going home for 10 minutes and then returning to the area of the crime scene. A 911 call went out around 6:45 a.m., when a bystander saw Manning on the ground.
Defense attorney Natalie A. Finegar opened by saying detectives simply assumed Hall was the murderer, and that Hall was actually polite during the search and seizure when his belongings were taken.
Six witnesses testified, including Baltimore City police detectives, a sergeant, a crime lab technician and an expert medical examiner.
The trial is set to continue on June 12.
