Roosevelt Park Rec Center Shooting Suspect Convicted of Weapons Charges, Acquitted of Attempted Murder

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A 19-year-old Baltimore man was acquitted of attempted murder but convicted of weapons charges on Jan. 12 in connection to a shooting at the Roosevelt Park Recreation Center last year.

The jury began their deliberations and reached a verdict in the trial of Trevon Moore on Friday, finding the defendant not guilty of attempted first and second-degree murder and first and second-degree assault before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton.

However, Moore was convicted of reckless endangerment, having a loaded handgun on his person, having a handgun within 100 yards of a public place, and discharging a firearm. A verdict was not rendered for firearm use in a felony or violent crime and a second count of having a handgun within 100 yards of a public place, and the charge of having a handgun on his person was not sent to the jury.

The charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition were also dismissed.

Moore’s sentencing is currently scheduled for June 11.

During the one-day trial on Jan. 10, both the prosecutor and defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg picked apart the video surveillance footage that captured the recreation center shooting on the 1200 block of West 36th Street on Jan. 24, 2023. The prosecutor said the recreation center was filled with children and young adults when Moore was seen taking out a gun and firing one time in the direction of two male victims.

The prosecutor explained the victims were uninjured and unidentified, which confused Rosenberg as the Baltimore Police Department allegedly spoke with one of the victims. Although Rosenberg acknowledged it was clear his client fired a gun, the defense attorney disagreed Moore was aiming at anyone in particular.