A Baltimore jury convicted Shajuan Rice of all counts Monday after prosecutors presented firearm, DNA and cellphone evidence they said linked him to the Ravenwood Avenue shooting. The shooting killed 25-year-old Ronald Glasco Jr. and wounded another man. The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office said Rice faces a maximum penalty of four life sentences plus 60 years in prison.
Rice was convicted of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a crime of violence, attempted first-degree murder and related offenses. The trial concluded Nov. 9, 2026, WBFF reported. State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates said the verdict should discourage people from using violence to settle disputes and urged victims and witnesses to contact police, according to the station. Rice is awaiting a disposition hearing.
Prosecutors said officers responding to multiple ShotSpotter alerts at about 3:17 p.m. on July 2, 2025, found Glasco with a gunshot wound to the head inside 3628 Ravenwood Ave. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his death was ruled a homicide. Officers also found Daquan Phillips, then 26, in the rear area of the address with an apparent gunshot wound to the leg.
What Prosecutors Said the Video Showed
Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Glasco and his passenger leave a parked vehicle in the 3700 block of Ravenwood Avenue and walk toward the 3600 block. Two people exited a dark vehicle carrying handguns and ran toward them, prosecutors said. One fired up the street, striking Glasco; additional shots were fired at the other man as he fled near 3628 Ravenwood Ave. The suspects then drove away, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said they connected the Ravenwood Avenue shooting to a June 21, 2025, shooting in the 3800 block of Belle Avenue, for which Phillips had been charged with attempted murder. Rice had been with the victim of that earlier shooting, prosecutors said. Phillips later took his own life. The State’s Attorney’s Office said investigators found a photo of Glasco and his passenger saved on Rice’s phone two days after the Belle Avenue shooting.
Arrest and Forensic Evidence Linked Rice to the Case
The State’s Attorney’s Office said officers arrested Rice in an Acura on Aug. 11, 2025, and recovered a phone and handgun from the vehicle. Prosecutors said firearms testing matched the handgun to the Ravenwood Avenue shooting and Rice’s DNA was found on it. Historical cell-site analysis also placed Rice’s phone near both shooting locations at the times of the incidents, according to prosecutors. Brent Weinberg prosecuted the case.
Part of a Broader Pattern in Baltimore
Citywide homicide figures and accounts of Glasco’s death have been reported by different sources. WMAR-2 News reported 201 murder victims in Baltimore in 2024 and included Glasco among them; the Baltimore Sun’s homicide tracker also lists his case. An earlier Fox Baltimore report said officers found Glasco with multiple gunshot wounds and that he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Prosecutors’ account, by contrast, says he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Baltimore's 2025 Violence Counts
The Baltimore Police Department's 2025 year-end report said homicides fell 31%, from 194 to 133, and nonfatal shootings fell 24%, from 412 to 311. The department cautioned that the prior-year homicide figure reflects updates to the counting of historical cases under the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), according to the Baltimore Police Department.
Citywide Trends and Other Cases
The Baltimore Police Department’s 2025 year-end report said homicides fell 31%, from 194 to 133, and nonfatal shootings fell 24%, from 412 to 311. The department noted that the earlier homicide figure reflects NIBRS-related updates to the counting of historical cases; these citywide totals do not provide a Belair-Edison or Northeast Police District comparison. Separately, The Baltimore Sun, in a report republished by Police1, reported a department-wide homicide clearance rate of 65% in 2025, compared with a national average of 57.8%. That is a citywide clearance measure, not a conviction rate or a measure of this case alone.
A separate May 25, 2024, shooting in the 900 block of N. Dukeland Street also involved cellphone and forensic evidence. The Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City said cellular data from Korey Hopson’s phone helped investigators identify co-defendant Charles Robinson, and Hopson’s DNA was found on a lighter-fluid bottle and ski mask recovered from a car. That case involved different evidence and does not establish anything about Rice’s case.
