A Baltimore man accused of attempting to murder a man in East Baltimore’s South Clifton Park neighborhood last October received a postponement on Nov. 5 after an acute lack of jurors caused a two-day delay in the jury selection process.
Travis Cothran, 46, faces charges of attempted murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and multiple gun violations for allegedly shooting a Black man in the right leg on Oct. 29, 2024.
ShotSpotter alerted Eastern District police to the crime scene, where they located seven .45-caliber shell casings and one projectile. Surveillance cameras d captured the suspect opening fire from a 2014 Nissan with Maryland tags and two different sets of rims on the tires as he drove past the 2100 block of E. North Avenue.
The victim was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment, where he advised officers he was shot while chatting with his cousin “Quain Davis” outside the block. Footage recovered from area surveillance cameras corroborated the victim’s account and allegedly captured the Nissan fleeing the scene toward Collington Street following the shooting.
Through the help of police databases and recovered footage, officers were able to compile a photographic array and positively identify Cothran as a primary suspect.
Though Cothran was initially scheduled to stand trial beginning Nov. 3, his case faced a two-day delay after a majority of jurors responding to Circuit Court summons were sent to jury selection in a separate homicide case.
During the scheduling hearing, counsel informed Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland that the delay resulted in one of the case’s witnesses becoming unavailable and suggested a late January trial date. Defense counsel also noted they will be preoccupied with another trial the week of Nov. 10.
Cothran is now slated for trial before Judge Hope Tipton on Jan. 21, 2026.
