Gun Evidence at Center of Attempted Murder Trial

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Jurors will decide whether a Baltimore man was actually shot his fiancé in the head after the prosecution brought evidence of a bullet fragment before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn.

Larry Winder III, 31, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, carrying a handgun on his person, discharging a firearm in Baltimore City and firearm use in a felony violent crime for an incident in an alleyway on 4800 block of Beaufort Avenue.

According to the prosecution, a CAT scan indicated that there was a small fracture on the victim’s left frontal lobe and a small skull fracture from being hit with a handgun on the side of her head three times with a baseball bat allegedly by Winder.

Though the prosecutor mentioned that a baseball bat was used at the scene in her opening statement, she said in court Friday that a handgun was used to strike the victim and cause her head trauma.

A discharge summary from the hospital said one bullet fragment was found in the victim’s skull alongside multiple broken bone fragments.

Defense attorney Roland Harris said there was no Baltimore Police Department (BPD) record of gunfire and no record of whether the victim and Winder were seen together on Aug. 20, 2023.

“There is no physical eyewitness that can say they were together that night,” Harris said.

Harris said at the police report did not include a shot being fired.

“Nothing said there was firearm evidence or gunshots,” he explained.

The jury began deliberating on May 31.