Safe Streets violence prevention worker shoots man in the back after wrestling fight inside gas station: Police

A man whose job was to help reduce violence on the Maryland streets shot a victim in the back after a fight at a gas station, authorities say.

Antoine Burton, 51, faces charges including attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and several firearms violations, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show. He appeared in court on Tuesday.

On Sunday, Burton was at the Sunoco gas station on the 4400 block of Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Also present was a 40-year-old man, and the two of them were inside the building at the same time…

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