Facing an 11 count indictment for first-and-second degree attempted murder, Nedrick Lamont Johnson, 31, turned down a plea deal in an Aug. 26 hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland.
According to the statement of charges, officers responded to suspected gunfire on the 4100 block of Parkside Drive on April 10. They found droplets of blood and nine shell casings on the 4200 block of Belair Road. After learning there was a walk-in shooting victim at Union Memorial Hospital with an abdominal wound, police went to investigate.
In a review of surveillance footage, officers identified a person said to be Johnson and an unknown Black man engaged in an argument, which was on the verge of a physical fight. As the scene unfolded Johnson, limping, is depicted as pulling a gun out of a satchel. Then he chases the unknown victim and, according to police, fires at him at least nine times. After the encounter, Johnson was reportedly driven to the hospital by his sister.
The video shows a suspect wearing a black shirt with a yellow one underneath, with tips of blond dreadlocks visible under a black ski mask and salmon colored sneakers–clothing similar to what Johnson was wearing when he was admitted to the hospital, according to the police report.
Other than Johnson, there were no other reported injuries.
Johnson is prohibited from possessing a firearm due a previous conviction, and he is also suspected in another attempted murder case.
At the hearing, the prosecutor offered Johnson a life sentence suspending all but 20 years for the first attempted-murder count, and five years consecutive for the second-attempted charge. The aggregate sentence would have been 25 years with five years of supervised release.
Represented by William Porter, Johnson rejected the deal.
Judge Copeland set a trial date for Nov. 10 before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Alan C. Lazerow.
