Jonestown Stabbing Defendant's Trial Results in a Hung Jury

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A panel of jurors failed to reach a consensus March 27 over the homicide trial of 41-year-old Fielding Bame.

Bame is charged with second-degree murder and intent to injure with a dangerous weapon in connection to the July 12, 2024 fatal stabbing of 48-year-old D’Ondre Quickley on the 100 block of N. Front Street.

Jury deliberations began the afternoon of March 26. That evening, jurors sent a note to the judge requesting further instruction on the meaning of self defense.

After deliberations grew contentious Thursday afternoon, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kimberly McBride declared a hung jury and dismissed the panel. The trial began on March 24.

During the trial, defense attorney Jason Rodriguez claimed that Fielding initiated the stabbing to defend himself following a physical altercation in which Quickley allegedly attacked him twice with a belt and threw various objects at him.

The prosecution argued that Bame’s actions were excessive.

Quickley was declared deceased by the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) eight days after the incident.

Jonestown Stabbing Defendant’s Trial Results in a Hung Jury