Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty To Murdering Andre Giles Following Dispute On The Block

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Traevon George, 35, connected Tuesday pleaded blameworthy to murdering Andre Giles aft the 2 men had a quality connected The Block past January, the Office of the State’s Attorney For Baltimore City announced connected Wednesday.

On Jan. 28 astir 2:20 a.m., officers were sent to the agelong of portion clubs and big stores downtown and recovered Giles, 31, suffering  from aggregate gunshot wounds, including 1 to the face. He was taken to Shock Trauma for attraction of his injuries but yet died successful aboriginal February.

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Security footage from the nighttime of the shooting shows Giles talking with a radical of men earlier George approaches and begins arguing with Giles, prosecutors said. George pulled a weapon from his waistband and Giles enactment his hands successful the air. George past fired six shots.

A Citiwatch camera relation utilized a camera connected Custom House Street to way George entering a parking store and moving retired the different broadside connected Gay Street and past Water Street, prosecutors said. Officers stopped him there.

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The camera relation saw George flip an point earlier being stopped by police, and officers recovered a Glock 17 .9mm handgun. Tests aboriginal revealed traces of George’s DNA connected the weapon and magazine, and six ammunition casings recovered astatine the country of the shooting matched the gun, prosecutors said.

On Tuesday, Giles received a beingness condemnation with each but 40 years suspended for first-degree execution and a five-year condemnation for the usage of a firearm successful the committee of a convulsive crime.

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“I sincerely convey my homicide prosecutors, Baltimore Police officers and the CitiWatch camera operators that helped marque this condemnation possible,” Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said. “This verdict is yet different illustration that we volition not tolerate senseless unit connected our streets and violators volition look stiff and definite consequences.”

CBS Baltimore Staff