Teenager guilty of Harlem Park murder

By Racquel Bazos
– May 24, 2024
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A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury found an 18-year-old guilty of a murder in Harlem Park in March 2023.

Clifton Shields was convicted of first degree murder, use of a firearm in a violent crime, possession of a firearm while a minor, having a handgun on his person and having a handgun in a vehicle for the death of 19-year-old Tavon Wilson. , Jr. on May 16.

Shields' defense team, consisting of Judit Otvos and Lauren Dollar, argued during the trial before Judge Robert K. Taylor, Jr. that the prosecution's surveillance footage was not incriminating and merely showed a car traveling near the crime scene in the 600 block of North Arlington Avenue. However, the prosecution presented evidence that Shield's DNA was most likely present on the alleged murder weapon, a Polymer80 ghost gun, which Baltimore Police Department officers found in his car a few days later. late.

Shield's sentencing has not yet been set.

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