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By
Cooper Griffiths [former]
- April 4, 2023
Attempted Murder
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Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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On April 3, one of two accused attempted murder co-defendants received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, while the other was still missing files and jail calls being used as evidence.
Salim Williams and his defense counsel, Ronald Harris IV, rejected a plea of life, suspending all but 25 years with five years of supervised probation for attempted first-degree murder and a consecutive 10 years with the first five without the possibility of parole for the use of a firearm in a felony violent crime.
Williams’ co-defendant, Daejon Malloy, and his defense attorney, Augustine Okeke, also rejected a very similar plea of life, suspending all but 25 years with five years of supervised probation for attempted first-degree murder and a consecutive 10 years with the first five without the possibility of parole for the use of a firearm in a felony violent crime on the same day as Williams’ rejection.
Malloy will go to trial on April 5, while Williams will have his trial date determined on the same day before Judge Phinn.
According to court documents, a witness reported that her house had been shot at multiple times through windows and doors, but did not see who was shooting at the house located at 3005 block of Rosedale Court. The defendants were attempting to shoot the witness’s son who had gotten into a fight with the defendants previously at school.
Williams, 24, and Malloy, 19, are charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, having a loaded handgun in a vehicle, having a loaded handgun on their persons, having a handgun on their persons, discharging firearms, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime, conspiracy to commit first-degree assault and malicious destruction of property valuing less than $1,000 in connection to an incident that occurred on Sept. 23, 2022.
Malloy is also being charged with possession of a firearm as a minor.