Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge LaZette C. Ringgold-Kirksey presided over jury selection on April 7 in the attempted murder trial of 41-year-old Eddie Murphy.
Murphy faces a 22-count indictment for allegedly shooting a restaurant owner multiple times during a violent New Year’s Day robbery at American Wings & Pizza in Baltimore’s Old Goucher neighborhood.
The incident occurred at approximately 10:14 p.m., on the 2400 block of St. Paul Street. According to court documents, two men entered the kitchen through a side door and demanded belongings from the staff at gunpoint. When the restaurant owner attempted to wrestle the firearm away from the primary suspect, he was shot twice in the head and once in the left arm…