The trial of Reginald Raysor, 33, concluded with a hung jury on Jan. 21, with jurors failing to reach a unanimous verdict on the Baltimore resident’s charges.
The result followed a week of proceedings regarding Raysor’s involvement in the murder of Reginald Bernard Harrod, 59, which unfolded just minutes before midnight on Sept. 14, 2024. Residents of the Southeast Baltimore neighborhood alerted Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers to the location of a shooting on the 1100 block of Springfield Avenue, where Harrod was found lying face down and bleeding out. He was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Charging documents describe how Harrod had been parked on the street and listening to music in his car when a suspect identified as Raysor approached and demanded that the victim turn over his belongings. The ensuing gunshot was captured by a home surveillance camera on the same street. The act, according to the prosecution, amounted from “an armed robbery gone bad.”
Though cellphone location data placed Raysor at the scene of the crime around the time it happened, defense attorney Jerry Rodriguez explained at trial that Raysor was a resident of the area. He had been seen the same day entering a nearby 7-Eleven to purchase snacks. Rodriguez also claimed law enforcement failed to follow up on critical forensic evidence that could have pointed to other suspects.
Meanwhile, the state’s attorney emphasized Raysor’s criminal record, which included an armed robbery incident that had occurred less than three weeks prior on the 2400 block of Guilford Avenue. On Sept. 18, 2025, Raysor entered a guilty plea in connection to the incident, accepting a five-year prison sentence for one count of robbery.
The state’s attorney also noted that Raysor’s DNA comprised a supermajority of the three or four samples recovered from a .40-caliber pistol he was found carrying the day after Harrod’s death – a figure significant enough to rule out the possibility of other suspects. A shell casing of matching caliber had been recovered from the crime scene on Springfield Avenue.
Raysor is now set for a retrial beginning May 4 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby.
