Jury Finds Man Guilty in Homicide, Road Rage Cases, Second Homicide Verdict Pending

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A jury panel found Everette Schwartz, 37, guilty of murder and several counts of firearm possession on May 16. Schwartz, who is disqualified from owning firearms due to prior felony convictions, was tried by for three separate cases that spanned a 12 day period.

Jurors reached verdicts on two of the three before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Another murder case from February 2021 is pending a verdict.

One incident occurred nearly half an hour after midnight on Jan. 20, 2021. ShotSpotter alerted officers to gunfire near the 1700 block of N. Chester Street, where they located 46-year-old Tavaughn Anderson suffering from gunshot wounds.

Nearby surveillance cameras captured Schwartz’s vehicle — a silver Acura MDX with distinctive tinted front windows, a sunroof, and sideward license plate — in the area around the time of the alert. Anderson was located and transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 12:41 a.m..

About one week later, at approximately 11:09 p.m. on Jan. 28, a suspected road rage incident devolved into a shooting that left a man injured. Video footage captured Schwartz’s vehicle traveling on Wilkens Avenue before stopping near the victim at the 1700 block.

Schwartz was seen speaking with the victim before opening fire on him and fleeing the scene. Officers later located the victim at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he had walked in for treatment.

ShotSpotter alerts and surveillance camera footage were critical in establishing Schwartz’s presence in the area at the time of the shooting, as his vehicle was traveling to and from the incident locations before, during, and after the shootings.

The third case occurred on Feb. 1, 2021. Officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of Shelby Avenue. Officers for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers located Timothy Orem, 34, and pronounced him deceased at the scene.

Officers recovered area surveillance camera footage that captured a man, said to be Schwartz, shooting Orem and robbing him as he lay dying in the street.

The jury continues to deliberate in the case of Orem’s death.