Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton heard a sharply divided verdict on April 3, with jurors convicting 37-year-old Cassandra McRae of first-degree murder while acquitting 35-year-old co-defendant Tavon Singleton of all charges.
The trial centered on a Jan. 22, 2025, ambush on the 5400 block of York Road that left 52-year-old Antoinette Jennings dead following a dispute at a children’s basketball game. Two others were injured in the shooting.
The jury ultimately found McRae guilty of orchestrating the attack, which was supported by surveillance footage and audio of her signaling the shooters to fire into Jennings’ car. McRae was also convicted on charges of attempted second-degree murder, firearm use, conspiracy, and reckless endangerment, though jurors acquitted her of a few charges, including attempted first-degree murder and assault…