Three men were arrested and charged with first-degree murder in a Federal Hill shooting that led to the death of a 19-year-old woman earlier this month, the Baltimore Police Department said.
Authorities said Daeshaun Clark, 27, of Severn, Devontaye Richardson, 28, of Hanover, and Alexis Cancel-Soto, 20, of Baltimore, were charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and other related charges.
Police said the three were involved in a shootout with another man on the unit block of West Hamburg Street on Oct. 27. Caught in the crossfire was 19-year-old Cameran Holt of Pasadena, who was critically wounded and died Nov. 7. A 28-year-old man was also shot.
Before the shootout, Richardson got into an argument with the 28-year-old in a parking lot near where the shooting happened, according to court documents. Both got into their cars and drove away from the parking lot.
Richardson and Cancel-Soto fired weapons from behind Holt’s car at the car that the 28-year-old victim was in, and Clark fired his gun while standing next to Holt’s car, according to court documents.
A stray bullet went through Holt’s brain stem, leaving her paralyzed and putting her on life support. According to court documents, investigators found that Holt’s car was struck from the rear. She is remembered as compassionate, family-oriented and headstrong.
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Police reviewed surveillance footage and spoke to multiple witnesses to identify the suspects, according to police charging documents.
Richardson, Clark and Cancel-Soto are all being held without bail. None of the men had attorneys listed in online court records as of Tuesday afternoon.
“It does not bring my daughter back, but I have comfort knowing they are not on the street, and we’re one step closer for justice being served,” Roxanne Spath, the victim’s mother, told WJZ.
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