Defendant Faces Four Life Sentences for Belair-Edison Double Shooting

Baltimore, Md. (November 10, 2026) – Today, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced a guilty verdict on all counts for Defendant Shajuan Rice for charges including First-Degree Murder, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence, Attempted First-Degree Murder, and related offenses. Rice was involved in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ronald Glasco and the non-fatal shooting of Daquan Phillips on July 2, 2025, at the 3600 block of Ravenwood Avenue. The Defendant faces a maximum penalty of four Life sentences plus 60 years at his pending disposition hearing. Assistant State’s Attorney Brent Weinberg prosecuted this case. 

“Baltimore will not be a city where people take the law into their own hands. This Defendant now faces the possibility of four Life sentences plus an additional 60 years in prison for choosing retaliation and gun violence over the justice system. That is the steep price of deciding to settle a score with a gun, and I hope it serves as a warning to anyone contemplating similar acts of violence,” said State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates. “If you are a victim or a witness to a crime, come forward to the police. Give us the information and the opportunity to pursue justice on your behalf. But if you choose to take matters into your own hands, putting innocent lives at risk through violence, understand that our office will pursue you with the same determination and resolve that we bring to prosecuting the person who wronged you. There is no justification for retaliatory violence, and we will hold those who commit it fully accountable.”

On July 2, 2025, at approximately 3:17 p.m., multiple ShotSpotter alerts were received for the area around the 3600 block of Ravenwood Avenue. Baltimore Police Officers responded to the area and found the first victim, 26-year-old Daquan Phillips, in the rear area of 3628 Ravenwood Avenue suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the leg.

Officers then located a second victim inside 3628 Ravenwood Avenue suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. The second victim was identified as Ronald Glasco. Mr. Glasco was pronounced deceased on scene, and his death was ruled a homicide. Video footage in the area showed Mr. Glasco and his passenger parked in the 3700 block of Ravenwood and then walking toward the 3600 block of Ravenwood. The footage showed two suspects exiting a dark vehicle, pulling out handguns, and running up the street toward Mr. Glasco and his companion. One of the two men then began firing up the street at them, ultimately striking Mr. Glasco. The suspects then got back in the car, drove up the street, and turned right. Additional shots were fired at the surviving victim as he attempted to flee from the rear of 3628 Ravenwood.

The investigation revealed that this incident was related to a shooting that occurred on the 3800 block of Belle Avenue on June 21, 2025, wherein Daquan Phillips was charged with Attempted Murder. It was determined that Defendant Shajuan Rice was present with the victim of that attempted murder. Daquan Phillips subsequently took his own life.

On August 11, 2025, officers lawfully arrested Defendant Shajuan Rice in an Acura automobile. During his arrest, his phone was recovered, and a handgun was discovered inside the vehicle. Firearms testing revealed that the handgun was used in the shooting on Ravenwood Avenue. Mr. Rice’s DNA was also determined to be present on the handgun. 

Historical cell site analysis of Mr. Rice’s phone placed the device around both the Ravenwood Avenue incident and the non-fatal shooting on Belle Avenue at the respective days and times of those events. A cellphone extraction of Mr. Rice’s device revealed a saved picture of Ronald Glasco and his passenger. The picture had been saved to Mr. Rice’s phone two days after the Belle Avenue incident.

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