Baltimore Resident Receives Maximum Sentence in Haddon Avenue Homicide Shooting Case

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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong sentenced a homicide defendant to the maximum sentence after hearing heartfelt statements from the 51-year-old victim’s family on April 9, three years after the fatal shooting of Roderick Daniels.

Defense attorney Creston Smith motioned for a retrial on Friday on behalf of his client, Shae-Von Edwards, saying the state’s attorney assigned to the case provided insufficient evidence to convict the defendant. Judge Hong denied the motion and proceeded with the hearing.

After several statements from the victim, Daniels’ family where they praised the late victim as a “mentor to many young minds” and a “cultural bridge in the community,” Judge Hong sentenced Edwards to the maximum sentence on each of the four counts for which he was tried.

Edwards was sentenced to 40 years for second-degree murder, 30 years for attempted second-degree murder, 20 years for use of a firearm during a felony violent crime and three years for having a handgun in his vehicle. All charges are set to be served consecutively.

According to court documents, on June 2, 2020, Edwards fired at two men on the doorstep of his girlfriend’s apartment on the 5600 block of Haddon Avenue, killing Daniels and injuring the other. He was arrested at his home just over a month later.

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