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By
Sam Parrish [former]
- August 17, 2023
Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Defense attorney Jason Rodriguez requested a postponement before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Aug. 15.
Rodriguez needed time to discuss the new charges that arose with his client Perry Brown.
Judge Phinn set the trial for Oct. 18 before Baltimore City Judge Althea M. Handy.
Brown, 38, 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.
On July 3, the defendant was found guilty of firearm use in a drug trafficking and was sentenced to five years before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry G. Williams in connection to a separate incident on Oct. 26, 2022
Charging documents state that Central District officers responded to the 300 block of Lexington Street for reports of a non-fatal shooting. The victim was transported to shock trauma shortly after officers arrived.
The incident was caught on CCTV cameras, this was used to identify Brown as a suspect.