A 59-year-old man charged with opening fire in his home after allegedly hallucinating a home invasion received new trial scheduling on April 13, and is now set to be tried in July.
Felix Dantzler, 59, faces six gun charges and one count of reckless endangerment in connection to the shooting, which occurred early the morning of Oct. 26, 2025. After receiving a 911 call from Dantzler, police responded to his residence on the 3000 block of Westwood Avenue and knocked on his front door, prompting a “loud pop noise” from inside.
The officers proceeded to knock on the residence’s side entrance before being alerted by Dantzler’s ex-girlfriend, who was on the home’s second floor, that she was locked inside and couldn’t open the door. Dantzler then appeared at the same window and told officers he would open the side door.
Dantzler’s ex-girlfriend advised officers the defendant has schizophrenia and was hallucinating an intruder in the home, leading him to fire a gun inside the bedroom. She advised they had lived together for a while, and such incidents were not uncommon.
She also told officers that Dantzler had been accusing her of inviting her boyfriend into the home. The accusations quickly escalated, leading him to discharge his firearm, an AR-15. According to the statement of charges, she did not see Dantzler fire the gun, but saw him reach toward the side of the bed to retrieve it.
Investigators allegedly recovered a .223-caliber Remington shell casing from the floor beside the bed.
Dantzler has a previous history of illegal firearm possession, and the weapon used in the incident lacked a serial number.
His trial is set to begin July 1 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Sylvester B. Cox Jr., with two days allotted for proceedings.
