Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled Broderick Young’s attempted murder case in a mass shooting for late August during reception court on June 22.
Young, 22, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, firearm use in a felony violent crime and related offenses. His case is connected to a March 29 shooting on the 400 block of Venable Avenue.
During the proceeding, Young appeared virtually with defense attorney Natalie Finegar. No plea offer was discussed on the record, but both parties said they plan to meet soon to review video evidence and discuss a possible resolution.
According to charging documents, the case stems from two shootings on March 29, 2025. Earlier that day, Young’s co-defendant, 26-year-old Deshawn Gwaltney, was reportedly shot at while sitting in a car on the 5300 block of Frankford Avenue. Visible bullet holes were later found at the front of his vehicle.
Investigators later reviewed jail calls in which Gwaltney reportedly said he would “snap one of these N-words’ heads.” Later that day, officers responded to the 400 block of Venable Avenue and the 3300 block of Greenmount Avenue, where calls were made for multiple people being shot. Four victims were found suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
On Jan. 12, the state dismissed Gwaltney’s case with immediate plans to refile his indictment. According to the prosecutor, the state intended to refile with additional charges.
Detectives recovered about 50 pieces of ballistic evidence from the scene. Surveillance footage allegedly showed a silver Jeep Compass near the area before the shooting, with three individuals exiting the vehicle and firing handguns before fleeing eastbound on Venable Avenue.
Investigators later allegedly connected the Jeep to a stolen vehicle and linked a white Dodge Challenger to Young through prior police contact and an April 6 crash in Rosedale, Maryland.
During the investigation, detectives recovered a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun from a Middle River residence. Forensic testing allegedly linked the handgun to ballistic evidence from the Venable Avenue shooting.
Swabs taken from the firearm and magazine produced a DNA mixture with two contributors. According to charging documents, probabilistic genotyping found that Young matched an inferred genotype from the mixture. The DNA match was found to be 1.2 million times more probable than a coincidental match to an unrelated person.
Based on the jail calls, surveillance footage, vehicle evidence, ballistic evidence and DNA results, detectives believed Young and Gwaltney were involved in the March 29 shooting.
Judge Copeland ultimately scheduled Young’s trial to proceed on Sept. 8, with four days allotted.
The trial date falls beyond Young’s 180-day speedy trial deadline of Aug. 30. Though Young initially refused to waive his right to speedy trial, he consented to do so after further discussion with Finegar.
