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By
Baltimore Witness Staff
- May 19, 2025
Attempted Murder
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Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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After parties in the case of attempted murder defendant Liteeaf Peterson failed to justify their respective motions before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik S. Atas on May 19, the case proceeded to the jury selection stage.
Peterson, 25, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and related firearm violations for allegedly shooting an unnamed female victim on April 29, 2024, in the 400 block of S. Pulaski Street. Peterson is disqualified from owning firearms due to a previous firearm charge from Oct. 1, 2019.
During the hearing, defense attorney Hunter Pruette advised he received notice May 14 that the prosecution had interviewed a new male witness in the case. At approximately 11 p.m. on May 17, the prosecution informed Pruette they intended to file a motion to amend the original indictment by replacing the case’s original victim with the new one. The interview allegedly revealed the man “was the intended victim” in the shooting, said the prosecution.
Judge Atas denied the motion, claiming the amendment would give way to “a completely new theory of the case.”
Pruette filed a motion for postponement, citing both the prosecution’s late notice of their intent to amend and his own need to share the taped interview with his client, Peterson, before trial.
Judge Atas denied Pruette’s motion as well, telling him to find time to show Peterson the footage either before the jury arrived or at another time.
Peterson’s trial is slated to last three days to accommodate the prosecution’s four witnesses, as well as one witness Pruette intends to summon pending scheduling.
Pruette previously rejected a plea offer proposed by the prosecution on April 7, calling it “not acceptable” and opting instead to take his client to trial.