The case of Yale Mckinnon, 37, was postponed March 12 due to medical issues affecting defense attorney James Sweeting, and is now set to proceed in April.
McKinnon is charged with several firearm misdemeanors and a drug charge from a discharging incident that occurred Aug. 6, 2025 on the 200 block of Smallwood Street.
Charging documents state the manager of the apartment building where the shooting occurred called the police to report a “long banging noise.” In the apartment hallway, officers discovered a bullet hole that connected to a first-floor unit, which was unoccupied at the time. Another bullet hole was found in the unit’s ceiling.
In a public room next to a hallway, an officer discovered a live 9mm cartridge and a matching caliber casing. Both items were recovered for evidence.
Surveillance footage from the area of the apartment captured a suspect fleeing the scene in a white tank top, red shorts and a black-and-red baseball cap.
Approximately 20 minutes after receiving the building manager’s call, an officer responded for a destruction of property complaint on the 300 block of N. Warwick Avenue. There, the officer encountered Yale, who was wearing what appeared to be the same clothes as the suspect seen fleeing the apartment building.
Records from the Maryland Gun Center reveal Yale is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to a previous disqualifying felony conviction.
Yale’s trial has been reset to begin April 2 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria.
