Jurors began deliberating on March 20 the fate of a man accused of a fatal mass shooting and a separate armed robbery following closing statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jefferey Geller.
Phillip Morton, 27, was originally indicted on 38 charges related to two incidents: a June 17, 2019 armed robbery of a Baltimore Best Wings on the 1400 block of E. Cold Spring Lane, and a July 11, 2019 mass shooting inside a Subway restaurant on the 5600 block of The Alameda. The shooting left 16-year-old Travis Chance dead and two others severely injured.
Judge Geller dismissed 27 of the charges in rulings issued on March 16 and 19, but the reasons were not disclosed in court. The jury is now considering the 11 remaining counts, including first-and-second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, four counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in a felony or violent crime…