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Tobias Kaufmann
- July 15, 2024
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On July 15, counsel argued as to whether a man charged in the Brooklyn Day mass shooting should be granted home detention after a prison fight left him blind in one eye.
Tristan Jackson, 19, faces 57 charges, including seven counts of attempted first-degree murder in the mass shooting event that took place on July 2, 2023, claiming the lives of 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi.
After Jackson was involved in a fight on June 6 at the Metropolitan Transition Center, he was transported to the hospital where he went through emergency surgery in the hopes of saving his eye from permanent blindness. Despite medical intervention, he is without full vision in one eye.
Defense attorney Amanda Savage argued that since the incident, Jackson’s life remains in danger. He has missed multiple follow-up doctor’s appointments, and he has not received his medication as scheduled.
Savage requested that he be granted 24-hour home detention that would allow him to attend his doctor’s appointments and regularly receive his medication under the care of his mother.
The prosecution argued that while Jackson may be the victim in the attack that put him in the hospital, he has been involved in other violent incidents in which it appears he was the perpetrator.
The prosecutor stated that on a separate date, Jackson was recorded telling another inmate to meet him in an area out of view of corrections officers, so the two could fight.
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller denied bail because of the events involving Jackson while he has been incarcerated, as well as the severity of the crimes with which he is charged.
The lack of medical care did concern Judge Geller. He ordered that Jackson be given all medications as scheduled and be taken to all future doctor’s appointments as he works to restore his vision.
Jackson’s next hearing is scheduled for July 25.
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