Judge Denies Alleged Shooter Bail Due to ‘Extraordinary’ Public Safety Concerns

By Racquel Bazos - May 7, 2024
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Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Yolanda A. Tanner denied bail for a 26-year-old shooting defendant on May 7. 

Dyrin Harrell is charged with having a handgun and loaded handgun on his person, having a handgun and loaded handgun in a vehicle, illegal possession of ammunition, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, firearm possession with a felony conviction, having a rapid fire trigger activator, discharging a firearm, having a firearm within 100 yards of a prohibited place, having a handgun in a vehicle within 100 yards of a prohibited place and having a detached magazine over 10 rounds in connection to an April 3 incident. 

Defense attorney Robert D. Cole told the court his client, a lifelong Baltimore resident, high school graduate and father of two, was in the prison’s general population despite suffering gunshot wounds to his neck and calf during the incident which led to his arrest. He claimed four masked men ambushed Harrell as he left a gas station last month.

Cole presented the court with a letter from ASAP Home Detention accepting Harrell as a candidate for their services. He requested that Judge Tanner allow Harrell to be held in home detention with allowances for medical appointments. 

The prosecutor was opposed to any form of release for Harrell, as he was prohibited from having a firearm at the time of the offense. Further, she said Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers who executed search warrants on his home and vehicle found they were “completely riddled” with arms and ammunition. 

An agent from Maryland Pretrial Release Services recounted Harrell’s prior convictions. Since 2016, he had been convicted of armed robbery and illegal possession of ammunition. In 2023, he began serving a probation before judgment for driving under the influence. Since he was serving that probation at the time of this incident, Harrell now faces a violation of probation charge in a separate case.

Judge Tanner denied Harrell bail citing the “extraordinary” public safety concerns he presented with his continued possession of prohibited firearms and accessories.  

Harrell has a preliminary hearing in District Court on May 14.