A 37-year-old man accused of firing a gun inside a Northwest Baltimore apartment building last August is set to serve three years each of active incarceration and probation after pleading guilty to a firearm possession charge on April 2.
In exchange for the plea, the state agreed to dismiss defendant Yale McKinnon’s remaining six charges, which included one count of substance possession and five other gun offenses. McKinnon was charged for firing his gun at Bon Secours Smallwood Summit on the unit block of N. Smallwood Street, shortly before noon on Aug. 6, 2025. No individuals were injured in the shooting.
Though the state offered McKinnon five years without parole, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria cited the defendant’s criminal history and chose to proceed with “a more effective approach,” sentencing the defendant to 10 years, suspending all but three. Upon completion of his sentence, McKinnon will begin a three-year supervised probationary period and must register as a gun offender…