During a hearing for 34-year-old Rick’Kell Johnson, Baltimore City Circuit Court Senior Judge Emmanuel Brown told the victim, “In my 25 years, I have never heard a victim impact statement like that.”
Johnson was charged with first-degree assault after drunkenly threatening a bystander with a gun. According to charging documents, Johnson allegedly fired a shot into the air near the intersection of Marshall and E. Barney streets on March 26 before approaching a man, the victim, cleaning his vehicle.
Johnson demanded the victim’s wallet while holding a handgun, but claimed he was joking when the victim said he only had his cellphone. He then handed the handgun to the victim and told the victim to shoot him if he was a “real man.”…