On Oct. 9, testimony continued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H Jones for 43-year-old defendant James Hammond alleged to be one of the suspects who murdered Deon Beasley, 39.
Hammond is charged with two counts of first- degree murder, reckless endangerment, loaded handgun on person and firearm use in a felony or violent crime.
According to charging documents, Hammond and Lakeem Whitaker 29. conspired with two other individuals to attack the victim. They were picked up in a silver Honda Odyssey, and dropped off at a barbershop on the 1800 block of Washington Boulevard.
According to court documents, a DNA analyst tested clothing recovered from a trash bin similar to what the suspect was wearing in surveillance video and the samples were linked with a high probability to Hammond.
Additional footage played during for the jury showed two masked individuals purported to be the co-defendants, exiting a Honda Odyssey and walking directly to the barbershop where they shot Beasley, who would later succumb to his injuries at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma.
Along with Hammond and Whitaker two other individuals were involved in the shooting. They are Jarvis Joyner and Terrill Barfield, both of whom were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to use firearms in a felony or violent crime.
Trial expected to continue Oct 13.
