Defendant to Serve 12 Years for Shooting 15-Year-Old Girl on N. Belnord Avenue

By Andrew Michaels - September 6, 2023
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Juveniles | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

A 37-year-old man facing 30 charges in connection to the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl will serve 12 years in prison after accepting a Baltimore City prosecutor’s plea offer on Sept. 5.

Alan Blue initially appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy on Tuesday morning, alongside his defense counsel, John Cox. However, the judge said she would not accept the offer of 50 years, suspending all but 12 years, and the first five years without parole for firearm use in a felony or violent crime, first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

The case was transferred to Judge Charles J. Peters, who accepted and proceeded with the plea agreement. The prosecutor present in court for the proceeding stood in for the assistant state’s attorney who was assigned to the case.

Blue was offered a plea of 20 years, suspending all but 12 years, the first five years without parole, and five years of supervised probation for firearm use in a felony or violent crime, a consecutive 25 years suspended for first-degree assault and a consecutive five years suspended for reckless endangerment. The defendant must also register as a gun offender and stay away from the victim upon his release.

According to court documents, the victim’s two sisters were with the defendant’s 17-year-old stepdaughter on April 4 when one of them got into a fight with her on the 400 block of N. Ellwood Avenue. The sisters left and returned to their home on the 900 block of N. Belnord Avenue, where one of them received a text from the defendant’s stepdaughter, asking them to come outside and fight.

When the sisters and their mother opened their front door, Blue got out of a black Honda parked on the 2700 block of E. Eager Street, yelled, “Hey, y’all wanna fight my daughter? Try to run from this,” and fired several shots at the family’s home.

The victim was shot in her right arm, and no other injuries were reported.

Blue’s original charges included four counts each of attempted first and second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault and firearm use in a felony or violent crime, five counts of reckless endangerment, and single counts of use of a deadly weapon with the intent to injure, having a handgun on his person and in a vehicle, firing a gun in Baltimore City and illegal possession of a firearm.