Hung Jury Leads to Mistrial in 2019 Fatal Shooting Case

By Andrew Michaels - December 15, 2021
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown declared a mistrial in the homicide case of Tracy Jones who is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Davron Dorsey in June 2019.

Defense attorney Michael Tomko informed Baltimore Witness of the hung jury on Dec. 15 and said counsel will appear in reception court on Dec. 16 to select a new trial date.

Jones is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use during a felony-violent crime, having a handgun on his person, and firearm possession as a minor in connection to Dorsey’s death on June 27, 2019. Over the course of the week-long trial, counsel revealed details of the shooting outside the Ez-Shop Grocery store that occurred shortly before 9:30 p.m. on the 3100 block of W. Belvedere Avenue.

According to the prosecution, Jones rode a fat tire bicycle past the store where Dorsey was standing underneath a video surveillance camera. A few minutes later, Jones returned wearing different clothes, stopped, and shot Dosey twice before riding away.

The victim suffered a grazed gunshot wound on the left side of his head and a gunshot wound to his back, a forensic pathologist with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner would later testify. In addition to Ez-Shop Grocery’s video surveillance footage, police also found two cartridge casings and a light gray hat that belonged to Dorsey.

At the forefront of Tomko’s argument were alleged faults of the Baltimore Police Department, specifically, detectives’ inability to interview two potential witnesses who were with Dorsey at the time of the shooting

“You will be left to guess who [the shooter] was,” he told the jury. At the conclusion of the trial, Tomko asked the jury to put their confidence to the test and find his client not guilty of all charges.

Following the mistrial Wednesday, the case will return to reception court on Thursday before Judge Melissa M. Phinn when counsel is expected to schedule a new trial date.