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By
Racquel Bazos [former]
- October 20, 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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On Oct. 20, a 20-year-old defendant accused of shooting his mother’s ex-boyfriend appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear the prosecution’s plea offer and schedule a trial date.
Dareese Shelmon is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony violent crime, firearm possession with a felony conviction, illegal possession of ammunition, having a handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun on his person and firing a gun in Baltimore City in connection to a March 17 incident.
The prosecution offered Shelmon life, suspending all but 50 years, with five years of supervised probation for attempted first-degree murder; a concurrent 20 years, the first five years without the possibility of parole, for firearm use in a felony violent crime; and a concurrent 15 years, the first five years without the possibility of parole, for firearm possession with a felony conviction. Shelmon would have also been required to stay away from the victim in this case and register as a gun offender. Shelmon rejected the offer.
Shelmon and his public defenders, Janet K. Andersen and Robert A. Cohen, will appear for trial on Feb. 6, 2024, before Judge Anthony F. Vittoria.
Documents from the District Court of Maryland state that Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the unit block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, where they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. In an interview with the victim in the hospital, he told police he was meeting his ex-girlfriend when her son, later identified as Shelmon, shot him.