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By
Andrew Michaels
- January 6, 2023
Attempted Murder
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Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Shooting
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Suspects
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A 24-year-old man accused of attempted murder accepted a last-minute plea offer on Jan. 5 when he was initially scheduled for a jury trial.
Before the proceedings, defendant David Wilson’s defense attorney, William Gibbs, told Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock that he wanted to request a postponement as he and his client were not prepared to go to trial. Judge Murdock told Gibbs that she would deny his postponement request; however, the matter would be discussed further once his client arrived.
Judge Murdock later proposed a plea offer in lieu of a trial of eight years for attempted first-degree murder and a concurrent five years without parole for firearm use in a felony violent crime, which Wilson accepted. The prosecution disapproved of the plea, instead requesting a plea of life, suspending all but 25 years and five years of supervised probation for the charges in addition to a stay-away order from the victim.
The judge proceeded with her proposed plea, during which time she acknowledged Wilson’s cast on his right foot. Wilson said he was injured in the incident that occurred on Feb. 16, 2022.
The prosecution informed the court that around 5:22 p.m. on the day in question, Baltimore Police were called to the 400 block of S. Bouldin Street, where they found the victim with gunshot wounds to his back, calf, and thigh. Wilson’s wallet was also found at the scene.
The prosecutor said that in video surveillance footage, Wilson is seen with his arm stretched out, firing a handgun at the victim, who returned fire in self-defense.
Wilson “senses he was wrong,” Gibbs said at the conclusion of Thursday’s proceedings. “There was more to [the case] than meets the eye, but we don’t want to get into all of that.”