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Leeds Street Shooter Found Guilty of Murder For 2021 Halloween Shooting

Cell phone and firearm evidence were behind the prosecution’s argument throughout the trial, focusing on Gittens’ Google account that showed him traveling the same route as the victim’s car. The defendant was accused of shooting the 20-year-old man on 3500 block of Leeds Street on Oct. 31, 2021, before taking his car.

Jury Convicts 20-Year-Old Man of Attempted Murder in Last Year’s Mondawmin Mall Shooting

Jurors reached a unanimous decision on Wednesday when they found Darrien Gaither guilty of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, having a loaded handgun on his person and having a handgun in his vehicle as well as three counts of reckless endangerment and two counts of firearm use in a felony or violent crime and having an unknown handgun. Gaither was found not guilty of another attempted first-degree murder charge and attempted second-degree murder.

Likely Maryland voters prefer ‘strict’ juvenile justice laws in recent poll, though some object to question’s framing

“Now more than ever, residents have been touched by crime. It may not be a violent crime, but they’ve been robbed or had their car stolen, or their neighbor or someone else they know has,” Bates said in an email. “In many of these instances, the culprits were either juveniles or identified as juveniles, leaving the victims with little to no information and even less recourse.”