Defendant in West Lexington Street Attempted Murder Accepts Plea Offer

By Amna Syed [former] - October 18, 2023
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

On Oct. 18, 38-year-old Perry Brown accepted the assistant state’s attorney’s plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy. 

Brown is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, firearm use in a felony violent crime, reckless endangerment, firearm possession with a felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, possession of a firearm in a controlled dangerous substance offense, illegal possession of ammunition, having a handgun on his person, having a loaded handgun on his person and discharging a firearm in connection to a Oct. 6, 2022, incident.

Initially, Brown was scheduled to have a jury trial; however, the prosecution made an offer for the attempted murder defendant that Judge Handy called “amazing.” 

The deal included 20 years in prison, suspending all but seven years, with three years of supervised probation on the count of first-degree assault. This sentence is to run consecutively with 10 years in prison, suspending all but five years without the possibility of parole and three years of supervised probation for firearm use in a felony violent crime. Brown also must register as a gun offender upon release. 

This sentence is to run concurrently to his previous sentence, which he received on July 3. According to Baltimore Witness, Brown was found guilty of using a firearm in a drug trafficking crime and was sentenced to five years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams in connection to a different incident on Oct. 26, 2022. 

The total time the defendant will be serving will be 30 years in prison, suspending all but 12 years, and the first five years will be spent without the possibility of parole. With advice from counsel, Jason Rodriguez, Brown accepted the terms of the prosecution’s offer. 

Documents from the District Court of Maryland state that on Oct. 6, 2022, Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers responded to a non-fatal shooting on the 300 block of West Lexington Street. Upon arrival, the officers found the victim bleeding from his left shoulder. He was transported to the hospital and was stated to have non-life threatening injuries. 

The officers found CCTV video footage allegedly identifying the defendant holding a firearm in his right hand and shooting at the victim. On Oct. 26, 2022, BPD officers were able to retrieve the gun and arrest the defendant for possessing a firearm. Later investigation revealed that the gun that was used to shoot the victim in the incident on Oct. 6, 2022, was the same gun which he had been previously arrested for.