Ballistics, Cell Phone Evidence Presented in Double Homicide

By Jonathan Keesee - November 7, 2024
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The prosecution called two expert witnesses to discuss ballistic and cell phone evidence linked to a double homicide allegedly committed by Jabre Griffith on Nov. 7.  The 19-year-old defendant’s jury trial began on Nov. 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Griffith faces nearly 40 charges between the two murders of Ernest Hall and Micah Young as well as the attempted murder of six others.

The allegations include multiple charges including two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, attempted first- and second-degree murder, two counts of firearm use in a felony violent crime, first-degree assault, having a handgun on his person and possessing a firearm as a minor and possession of a firearm as a minor. 

Shortly after midnight on March 23, 2023, video surveillance footage shows three masked suspects get out of a vehicle at Carroll Motor Fuels gas station on 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue and fire about 50 shots, killing Hall, 33, and injuring five other victims. Young, then-age 26, was fatally injured in another shooting that same day when another 20 gunshots were fired outside a Pizza Boli’s on the 5400 block of York Road.

The prosecution called a firearms’ analyst who recovered multiple cartridge casings fired from an 840 Smith and Wesson and a 9mm gun allegedly linked to the Griffith case in June 2023. 

Defense attorney Howard Cardin asked if the witness knew about any other related evidence. However, the witness could only speak to the bullet remnants.

The prosecution also called a geolocation expert in an attempt to show that Griffith was near the crime scene. The witness said using cell site date he could track a phone that’s in a moving vehicle and its speed.

The prosecution says detectives’ tracked the suspect’s vehicle from the gas station to Franklintown Road. A white Nissan Infiniti had waited for the shooters at the scene and was allegedly registered to Griffith.

“You can narrow down the area, but it is still a large area”, said defense attorney Michael Tomko.

The witness concurred.

The trial is expected to continue on Nov. 8.