Carjacker Chased in Shooting Incident

By Kris Su [former] - December 19, 2023
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During opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin H. Schreiber II, on Dec. 19, 2023, the prosecutor and defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg gave different accounts of a non-fatal shooting on the 200 block of South Augusta Avenue.

Ricardo Alleyne, 39, faces two counts of assault, firearm use in a felony violent crime, discharging a firearm and reckless endangerment.

The assistant state’s attorney asked the jury to pay close attention to the lengthy interval between the shooting and an initial carjacking on Oct. 9, 2022. The sequence of events concluded in a shooting that was unjustified, said the prosecution.

According to charging documents, the male victim is accused of stealing someone’s vehicle while the driver was putting air in the tires at a gas station on the 3300 block of Frederick Avenue. A child inside the vehicle jumped out during the carjacking as the victim drove away.

Employees from a nearby car lot, including Alleyne, followed the victim while calling 911, court documents state. They continued to follow the victim to the 200 block of South Augusta Avenue three hours later, where the defendant pulled out his firearm and attempted to stop the victim until Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers arrived.

Court documents note Alleyne had a carry permit for his weapon. No one was injured even though Alleyne allegedly fired three times. He was licensed to carry a firearm at the time.

Update: A partial verdict was reached for Alleyne on Dec. 21.