A jury found Vincent Harris guilty of two counts of First Degree Murder and related gun charges
Baltimore, Md. (October 7, 2025) – Today, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City announced that defendant Vincent Harris was given two Life sentences, suspending all but 120 years, for his role in the fatal shootings of Di’Shon Smith and Deshaun Waters on July 25, 2023, at the 3200 block of Hollins Ferry Road. Harris’ co-defendant, Tyrone Payne, was sentenced in August to two consecutive Life terms. Assistant State’s Attorney Amy Brown prosecuted these cases.
“I hope that the families of Mr. Smith and Mr. Waters take some measure of comfort in knowing that the men responsible for this heinous act of violence will spend the remainder of their lives behind bars,” said State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates. “Thanks to ASA Brown’s skilled prosecution and the outstanding investigative work by BPD’s homicide detectives, the outcomes of these cases send a strong message that pulling a trigger in Baltimore leads to severe and life-altering consequences.”
On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 6:15 p.m., Baltimore Police responded to the 3200 block of Hollins Ferry Road about a shooting. Upon arrival, Di’shon Smith and Deshaun Waters were each found suffering from gunshot wounds. Mr. Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene, and Mr. Waters was transported to Shock Trauma Hospital and passed away two days later.
Detectives recovered surveillance video showing three armed men approach a group of individuals, including the victims, who were standing together in a highly trafficked parking lot. The first shooter sneaked up behind Mr. Waters and shot him in the neck. The other two shooters chased down Mr. Smith and shot him multiple times. All three shooters then fled the scene in a silver Nissan Sentra with heavy damage to the driver’s side door. Detectives recovered recent stolen auto reports and found that on that same day, 45 minutes after the murder, a person reported their 2019 Silver Nissan Sentra as stolen around 5:45 p.m. that day.
The next day, July 26, 2023, officers found the Nissan Sentra with heavy damage to the driver’s side door abandoned in the 500 block of Millington Avenue. Through recovered surveillance video, detectives tracked the direction of travel of the getaway car from the crime scene to where it was abandoned. Video footage from Millington Avenue showed two individuals, later identified as Tyrone Payne and Vincent Harris, exiting the getaway vehicle and cleaning it out before walking away together.