A Baltimore jury has found 29-year-old Diamante Teal guilty of murdering a 16-year-old in a 2019 ambush outside a shopping center on The Alameda, closing a years-long chapter in a case that rattled North Baltimore. After a six-day trial and roughly five hours of deliberation, jurors returned guilty verdicts on first-degree murder, conspiracy, and multiple firearm and assault charges. The shooting left the teen dead and two women wounded, and Teal will stay jailed without bond until his August sentencing.
Evidence shown at trial
According to a press release from the Attorney General’s Office, prosecutors leaned heavily on surveillance footage, social media, and forensic work to make their case. Video showed a man identified as Teal wearing distinctive blue shoes, while separate photographs depicted him holding a gold-spray-painted assault-style rifle.
Investigators recovered 18 .223-caliber shell casings outside the Subway, and at trial the state walked jurors through phone and social-media records that they said tied Teal to the ambush. Prosecutors also introduced video and forensic evidence connecting the suspects to a Buick Verano that investigators had zeroed in on during the probe.
Co-defendants and timeline
The shooting was not treated as an isolated act. Prosecutors said Teal’s case was part of a broader investigation into several linked incidents across North Baltimore in the summer of 2019. Getaway driver Phillip Morton was convicted in March 2026, and a third defendant, William Stewart, is set to stand trial in October, according to CBS Baltimore.
Teal was also convicted of an armed robbery at a carryout in June 2019. Jurors took about five hours to reach their verdicts on all counts, capping a long-running prosecution that authorities say tied together multiple acts of violence.
Attorney General’s statement
In a statement released by the Attorney General’s Office, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown put the focus on the toll to the community…