Annapolis Capital Punishment

From today's Crime Beat....in which CO also learned that neighbor's home was burgled when his neighbor left for about half an hour! CP has emphasized the part where concerned citizens helped the police, in stark contrast to yesterday's posting where "concerned" neighbors harassed the police. And the beat goes on....

1. ATTEMPTED MURDER ARREST/PRIOR CASE : Back on November 30th of 2007,
a male victim was shot in the legs as he was riding a bicycle in
Robinwood in the 1300 block of Tyler Avenue. For reasons unknown, as the
victim passed two male suspects that were standing in the area, one of
them shot him in the leg. The other suspect had told the first one to
shoot the victim. While the victim was on the ground and trying to get
up to get away, the suspect that had instructed the gunman to shoot the
victim told him repeatedly to shoot him again. He said this while he was
holding the victim down, trying to prevent his escape. The victim did
manage to break free, get up, and run before the gunman could shoot him
again. As he was running, the gunman fired at him once more, striking
him in his other leg. Fortunately, the victim was still able to flee to
safety. After an investigation, 17 year old Demarco Edward Brown, of
1344 Tyler Avenue, was identified as the suspect that had instructed the
gunman to shoot the victim. A warrant was issued for his arrest on
January 24th. After initial attempts to locate him failed, officers made
a concerted effort to locate him on January 29th in the early afternoon
hours. Concerned citizens had informed the police department that he
was still frequenting the Robinwood Community. With the active help of
residents, he was located not too far from where the shooting had
occurred at 1:55 PM. He attempted to evade the officers, but was
cornered and taken into custody without incident. Although he is a
juvenile at 17, he has been charged as an adult with Attempted Murder
and other related offenses. He is currently being held at the Detention
Center in lieu of a one million dollar bond. The investigation is
continuing as to the identity of the gunman. (07-0006640)