A 20-year-old Harford County man pleaded guilty on Aug. 14 to fatally shooting Broderick Morris in Downtown Baltimore last November, following defense counsel’s denied motion to dismiss the case.
During Friday’s proceedings before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Catherine Chen, the prosecutor offered Tyrell Tucker a conditional plea of life, suspending all but 45 years, and five years of supervised probation for first-degree murder and a concurrent 20 years, the first five years without parole, for using a firearm in commission of a violent crime. However, the plea offer was dependent upon Judge Chen’s ruling on defense attorney Avrohom Greenfield’s motion to dismiss Tucker’s case for going beyond his July 29 Hicks date, or right to be tried within 180 days of the defendant’s or his attorney’s first court appearance.
Greenfield also informed the court of a second motion to dismiss some of the firearm-related charges against Tucker, but said the motion would be withdrawn subject to Judge Chen’s ruling on the first motion.
Judge Chen ultimately denied defense counsel’s first motion to dismiss. Tucker agreed to the terms of the plea, which included the dismissal of three additional weapons charges.
According to charging documents, the incident occurred on Nov. 2, 2025, when four men were walking on the 300 block of W. Lexington Street around 1:22 a.m. About 10 minutes later, a masked man — later identified as Tucker — shot and killed Morris before the four men ran eastbound on W. Lexington Street.
During Baltimore Police’s investigation, detectives recovered video footage from Crazy John’s Restaurant and Lust Adult Nightclub that showed Tucker without a mask before the shooting. Court documents state that video footage from Lexington Deli Market captured the shooting, with the shooter matching Tucker’s description from the earlier footage.
Witnesses also identified Tucker as wearing a maroon hoodie with a black vest, dark-colored pants, and white sneakers.
