Jury selection quietly got underway yesterday in Baltimore City Circuit Court in the case of Anthony Berry, accused in a Fells Point double shooting that left two men hospitalized more than two years after the Feb. 18, 2024, attack. With voir dire now in motion, a long-simmering case is back on the radar for neighborhood regulars, business owners, and the pool of Baltimore residents called in to decide some very serious charges.
Berry, now 20 and 17 at the time of the shooting, faces four counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault, and three weapons offenses. According to charging documents and local reporting, officers responding to the scene found one victim with graze wounds in the passenger seat of a gray Acura TL and a second victim, hit multiple times, near the corner of South Broadway and Eastern Avenue. Both were rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Those details are drawn from charging papers and local coverage, as reported by Baltimore Witness.
What prosecutors say
Investigators say a tip pointed to Berry as the shooter, leading to his arrest in October 2024. Local coverage at the time reported that both victims were 21-year-old men, with one suffering graze wounds and the other sustaining more serious gunshot injuries on the 400 block of South Broadway. The early arrest and charging information was detailed by Shore News Network.
In court
The case is being heard by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette C. Ringgold-Kirksey, according to the Maryland State Archives. Jury selection began yesterday as the court worked through the process of seating an impartial panel.
In the run-up to trial, defense counsel and prosecutors have clashed over scheduling and access to evidence, leading to several postponements as both sides prepared their cases. Those pretrial delays and shifting dates were outlined in coverage by Baltimore Witness.
What the law says
Under Maryland law, the penalty for an attempted crime cannot exceed the maximum punishment for the completed offense, a rule that helps define Berry’s possible exposure if he is convicted of attempted murder. State juvenile laws also list attempted murder among the serious charges that can support transferring a case to adult court. That framework helps explain why Berry, a minor at the time of the shooting, is being tried as an adult. Background on those provisions appears in Maryland’s code annotations, as published by FindLaw and FindLaw.
Why it matters
The renewed courtroom action highlights long-running tensions over safety and nightlife in Fells Point, a compact waterfront stretch where a string of shootings has rattled residents and bar owners. Local outlets have tracked other recent incidents in the neighborhood, including coverage by CBS Baltimore, underscoring the broader stakes behind this one case.
As voir dire continues, prospective jurors are being asked whether they can put aside any fears or frustrations about crime in the area and focus only on the evidence, which is expected to include surveillance, witness accounts, and the prosecution’s timeline. Once a jury is seated, Baltimore City Court will move from the slow grind of pretrial wrangling to the far more public phase of testimony, cross-examination, and, eventually, a verdict that Fells Point will be watching closely.
