Tony Dukes, 58, was sentenced to life plus 35 years for murdering Eugene Fitzgerald in front of the Penn Mart in Baltimore, State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced Thursday, July 24.
The shooting happened around 4:45 p.m. on March 26, 2024, when officers were called to the 1800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue and found Fitzgerald shot multiple times, police said.
“This was a senseless act committed in broad daylight by a repeat violent offender who showed no regard for human life,” Bates said. “(Dukes’) actions were not only brazen, but reckless – taking a life and terrorizing a community already burdened by gun violence.”…