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By
Sage Cho
, Ziqi Zhou - February 18, 2025
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A man found guilty of a March 2023 mass shooting that killed two and injured six received two life sentences and 120 years on Feb. 18.
Jabre Griffith, 19, was found guilty on Nov. 13, 2024 of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and related firearm charges.
On March 23, 2023, ShotSpotter alerted officers to the Carroll Motor Fuels gas station on the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue, where they found six individuals suffering from gunshot wounds. Ernest Hall, a 33-year-old Baltimore professional featherweight boxer and father of three, was pronounced dead at the scene. Five other victims, all males between the ages of 15 and 24, were left in critical condition.
Later that day, Griffith and several others were involved in a shooting outside a Pizza Boli’s location in the 5400 block of Falls Road that resulted in the murder of 26-year-old Micah Strong and injuries to another unnamed victim.
Video surveillance footage captured a white Infiniti G37 registered to Griffith waiting for the shooters to arrive before driving to the Leon Day Park at the 1200 block of North Franklintown Road, where they entered another vehicle before driving to Richie’s Lounge in the 1600 block of West Baltimore Street.
Investigators recovered 49 shell casings from the gas station and 20 more from the Pizza Boli’s location. Casings were found to closely match a Taurus PT 840 Smith & Wesson pistol, a 9mm pistol, and .40-caliber Glock handgun that officers recovered while arresting Griffith.
Officers arrested Griffith on June 6 in the parking lot of Dunbar High School, where he was a student at the time. Alongside the Glock, they also recovered various drugs and a digital scale. Examination revealed that the Glock’s serial number had been erased.
Griffith’s father testified at his son’s sentencing that Griffith experienced difficulties growing up in a family with six children and claimed that his son is not a criminal.
Defense attorney Michael Tomko, who previously described his client as an “outstanding man,” told the court that Griffith deserves a chance at reintroduction to society.
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer called Griffith “a violent offender,” and the prosecution stressed that Griffith should receive the highest possible sentence for his crimes, stressing “his impact to public safety.”
Griffith’s co-defendant, 17-year-old Kamal Brown, is scheduled for jury trial on March 6.