Judge Sentences Woman to 10 Years in Prison For Luring Victim to His Death

By Andrew Michaels - December 22, 2023
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A 39-year-old woman was sentenced to a decade in prison on Dec. 22 for her role in the murder of 29-year-old victim Marvin Kosh nearly three years ago.

Tashonda Childs agreed to plead guilty on March 8, 2022, in connection to the fatal shooting on Feb. 2, 2020. However, she has since been awaiting sentencing pending the trial of her co-defendant, Sean Braxton-Carter, who was found guilty of homicide in October.

Childs and her defense attorney, Warren Brown, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Philip S. Jackson on Friday when she was sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder—a sentence that will date back to June 17, 2020.

Following Braxton-Carter’s trial, the State’s Attorney’s Office issued a press release that stated Braxton-Carter shot Kosh in retaliation for two prior shootings in 2014 and 2016.

Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers were first called to the scene on the 2200 block of West Saratoga Street shortly before 3 p.m. when they found Kosh sitting in the passenger seat of a 2019 Kia Optima. The victim had multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and died before arriving at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

At trial, Hunter Pruette, defense counsel for Braxton-Carter, attempted to discredit Childs statements to police, saying she shared three different versions of events. The prosecution argued this was an “allure, ambush and attack,” accusing Childs of luring Kosh to the area before Braxton-Carter attacked.

Braxton-Carter’s sentencing is not currently scheduled, according to the Maryland Judiciary website.