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By
Ben Dutcher
- February 27, 2025
Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Shooting
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Trey McEachin, 37, pled guilty for illegal possession of a firearm and apparently shooting himself in the process in a Feb. 27 hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette C. Ringgold-Kirksey.
McEachin was initially charged with firearm possession with a prior felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, delivering a false statement to law enforcement, and discharging a firearm in Baltimore City in connection to a Dec. 21, 2023 incident in the 1400 block of Poplar Grove Street.
McEachin’s fiancée notified detectives that she transported McEachin to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for a gunshot wound on his upper right leg. She testified that earlier she was driving with McEachin, who asked her to stop the car so he could relieve himself. She allegedly then told investigators that she heard the sound of a gunshot.
Officers later determined that McEachin had shot himself in his Poplar Grove Street home, but were unable to pinpoint the exact circumstances. Investigators found a bullet hole on the floor of McEachin’s kitchen, as well as three live 9mm rounds of ammunition wrapped inside a pair of pants and a shirt that McEachin’s fiancée claimed belonged to the defendant. Security camera footage gathered by detectives also showed McEachin limping outside his residence before he left for the hospital.
McEachin is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a prior robbery conviction that occurred in 2007. McEachin pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted a sentence of eight years, suspending all but two, with three years of supervised probation.
McEachin profusely apologized to the court and said he would start being productive upon release.
Judge Ringgold-Kirksey.responded, “It sounds like you were being productive, you just had something you weren’t supposed to have.”
Judge Ringgold-Kirksey waived all of McEachin’s court costs and fees.