Homicides Archives - Page 27 of 173

Shooter Sentenced to 75 Years for Gunning Down Victim in West Baltimore in 2020

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge handed down a 75-year prison sentence to homicide defendant Stephawn Tate on Sept. 12 after he was convicted for the 2020 fatal shooting of... Read More

Owings Mills Man Gets 29 Years for Vehicular Manslaughter, Parole Violation For Killing 54-Year-Old Victim

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced defendant Shawn Brunson to 29 years in prison on Sept. 12 after he was convicted earlier this year for driving a stolen vehicle... Read More

North Calhoun Street Shooting Victim Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 12, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 11, at around 10:28 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1300 block of North Calhoun Street to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

Identification at Issue in Southwest Baltimore Trial Over ‘Executed’ Victim

Details Defense counsel for a 19-year-old Baltimore County resident will argue a case of mistaken identity in his Baltimore City Circuit Court murder case despite eyewitness testimony. Kharod O’Neill, of Owings... Read More

Police Apprehend Suspects in 11 of 39 Homicide and Shooting Incidents in August

Details Of the 39 homicide and non-fatal shooting incidents in August, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) has arrested suspects in 11 of those incidents. According to Baltimore Witness data, there were... Read More

Repeat Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty to 2023 Vehicular Manslaughter

Details In his third conviction for similar charges, a 31-year-old Anne Arundel County man pleaded guilty before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill for vehicular homicide while under the... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Fatal Shooting Outside Bel Park Towers in 2022

Details A 33-year-old Baltimore man accused of fatally shooting Courtney Campbell outside the Bel Park Towers in 2022 pleaded guilty for a 30-year prison sentence on Sept. 9. Defense attorney Brian... Read More

Homicide Defendant Sentenced to 50 Years for Fatal Prison Stabbing in 2021

Details A 31-year-old man found guilty of killing another inmate during his incarceration in 2021 was sentenced to 50 years for the death of Shane Burton–that on top of a 40... Read More

Acquitted: 21-Year-Old Defendant Found Not Guilty of 2022 Ruskin Avenue Murder

Details A jury has acquitted 21-year-old Daquan Hawks of multiple murder and weapons charges in connection to the ambush killing of Donte Lee in January 2022. Following a four-day trial before... Read More

Loch Raven Boulevard Murder Defendant to Face Trial in December

Details A 23-year-old murder defendant received a trial date after her attorney rejected the prosecution’s plea deal in Baltimore City Circuit Court Sept. 6. Niyiraha Berry is charged with first-degree murder,... Read More

Leeds Street Shooter Found Guilty of Murder For 2021 Halloween Shooting

Details A 27-year-old Baltimore man will be sentenced for first-degree murder and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on Nov. 18 after a jury found the defendant guilty of fatally... Read More

Murder Charges Moot As Defendant Stabbed Dead Victim, Defense Argues

Details Is a defendant guilty of murder if he stabs a person after the victim’s death? This question remained at the center of defense counsel’s argument at the close of 38-year-old... Read More

Seven-Year-Old Murder Case Kicks Off With Defendant’s Second Retrial

Details Nearly seven years after a shooting that claimed the life of Daniel Brinkley, his accused killer, Tyrone Gerald White, began his third retrial on Sept. 5 in Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Trial Begins for Pennsylvania Teen Killed Over Car Sale

Details The trial began for an 18-year-old accused of killing another teen during an attempted Facebook Marketplace car sale in Baltimore City Circuit Court Sept. 3. Marques Harris is charged with... Read More

Unidentified Victim Dies After Russell Street Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 3, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 3, at approximately 1:02 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1300 block of Russell Street for reports of a shooting. Once at the scene, officers observed... Read More

Autopsy Pending for Eastern District Shooting Death

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 3, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 1, at around 12 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 800 block of Bonaparte Avenue to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located... Read More

Civic Leader’s Killer Pleads Guilty, Will Serve Consecutive Life Sentence

Details “I hold myself fully accountable. I’m very remorseful,” said Jason Dean Billingsley, 33, as he pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of 26-year-old CEO Pava LaPere in Baltimore City Circuit... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to March Vehicular Homicide for Two Year Prison Sentence

Details A 70-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence on Aug. 29 for the death of a man in West Baltimore earlier this year. Richard... Read More

Slain Teen’s Guardian Arrested for Murder

Details In reference to the death of 16-year-old Jibreal Payne, Baltimore Police Department investigators have arrested the victim’s guardian, 51-year-old Johnnie Teague. On Aug. 27, a warrant was approved and issued... Read More

Murder, Attempted Murder Suspects Get Plea Offers

By Jeff Levine - August 27, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details Two defendants facing a variety of charges in a homicide and an attempted murder case were given plea offers in a reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge... Read More

Billingsley Pleads Guilty to Edmondson Avenue Attempted Murder

Details Jason Dean Billingsley pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder Aug. 26 for attempting to burn a woman and her boyfriend alive after sexually assaulting her in September... Read More

Defendant Sentenced to Life Plus 20 Years for 2022 Murder

Details A 34-year-old murder defendant received a life sentence plus 20 years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard. Preston Feaster was found guilty of first-degree murder, firearm use... Read More

Medical Examiner Determines Burned Teen’s January Death a Homicide

By Baltimore Witness staff - August 26, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Juveniles | Victims |

Details On Jan. 27, at around 7:03 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to a residence on the 400 block of North Clinton Street to assist the fire department. Upon arrival,... Read More

Acquitted: Two 19-Year-Olds Found Not Guilty of West Mulberry Street Murder

Details A pair of defendants on trial for the murder of 38-year-old Clark Hohrein were found not guilty by a jury on Aug. 14. William Holloman and Darell Parker, both 19,... Read More