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By
Jonathan Keesee
- November 14, 2024
Attempted Murder
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On Nov. 13, before Baltimore City Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer a jury found a 19-year-old homicide defendant guilty of the most serious charges against him.
Jabre Griffith is accused in a pair of March 23 incidents of murdering Ernest Hall and Micah Young. In the first case, the jury convicted Griffith of first-degree murder, six counts of firearm use in a felony or violent crime, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and possession of a firearm as a minor.
The jury acquitted Griffith of five counts of conspiracy to first-degree murder.
In the second case, Griffith was found guilty of first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, and possession of a firearm as a minor.
Hall, 33, was killed and five other people were injured when three masked individuals left a car at the Carroll Motor Fuels gas station on the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue on March 23, 2023, as captured on surveillance footage. That same day, 20 more gunshots were fired outside a Pizza Boli’s on the 5400 block of York Road, injuring Young, who was 26 at the time.
After obtaining a warrant to install a tracker on a suspect Nissan Infiniti, detectives found it at Dunbar High School. According to the prosecutor, Griffith was seen by police climbing beneath the car.
The prosecution added that mobile phone and DNA evidence connected Griffith to the killings. Detectives found a pair of white gloves on Franklintown Road that apparently contained Griffith’s DNA. Griffith was likely at both crime locations, according to research into the defendant’s cell phone data.
Defense attorney Michael Tomko told the jury that Griffith was innocent because he had strong family values and there was no direct evidence he was at he crime scene.