Police officers respond to a 9-1-1 call for service by a caller who wishes to remain anonymous, indicating that she just
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 9:11 am
Police officers respond to a 9-1-1 call for service by a caller
who wishes to remain anonymous, indicating that she just heard the
sound of three gunshots outside of her window and giving the
address of the 100 block of Main Street in Towson, Baltimore
County, Maryland. Police respond to the scene and find a
person who they identify as Vincent, laying on the ground,
unconscious and bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound to his
abdomen. Vincent is transported to University of Maryland
Shock Trauma, where he is stabilized; while preparing Vincent for
surgery, an Emergency Department nurse recovers one plastic bag
containing 25 small vials of a rock substance (suspected crack
cocaine) from a satchel Vincent was wearing underneath his shirt,
and a 4" switchblade knife from Vincent's pocket -- the suspected
cocaine is turned over to police and the Maryland State Police Drug
Analysis Unit confirms that the substance is cocaine (a Schedule II
narcotic drug). Investigators know that 25 pieces of illegal
drugs likely is more than a person would possess for personal
use. Police also recover several items of evidentiary value
from the scene: (a) a Pittsburgh Steelers hat on the ground near
the victim; (b) three (spent/used) 9mm cartrige cases from the
ground approximately 10 feet from where they found Vincent; and (c)
video footage from a nearby convenience store that, while blurry
and grainy, appears to depict two people appearing to argue back
and forth, some quick movements (perhaps a struggle among the
two) before an individual wearing a black ski mask and a
Pittsburgh Steelers hat breaks loose and discharges a handgun three
times and then flees the scene.
After significant investigation, including interviews of
witnesses from the neighorhod and use of confidential informants
who have drug users and have purshased drugs from individuals in
the area (including Vincent and Danny), Police believed that a guy
named "Danny" confronted and ultimately shot Vincent because
Vincent failed to pay Danny for cocaine Danny had supplied to
Vincent for resale. Police swabbed the inside of the Steelers
hat, and DNA analysis confirmed that epithelial cells from the hat
match DNA on file in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database
for a person identified as "Danny Davenport," who previously was
arrested for armed carjacking and drug trafficking crimes in Anne
Arundel County.
Accordingly, based on this information, Police applied for and
obtained a search and seizure warrant for Danny's apartment.
When they went to Danny’s apartment, Danny answered the door and
was detained at the front door when he responded to their knock.
The officers then search the apartment and, in Danny's bedroom,
observed a multitude of Pittsburgh Steelers merchandise, thousands
of empty vials (which police know are used to package cocaine for
street-level sale), and $35,000 in cash. As police were
packing up to leave the scene, they observed a car in the parking
lot with Pittsburgh Steelers flags and stickers all over it.
They approached the vehicle and used their flashlights to look
inside, at which time they saw what appeared to be dried blood on
the seat of the car and a semi-automatic handgun sitting in the
center console of the vehicle. Police know that based on
prior felony convictions, Danny is prohibited from possessing a
handgun/firearm in the State of Maryland. They ran the
vehicle registration through the Motor Vehicle Administration
database and confirmed that it is registered to Danny. Police
then use a baton to break the rear window of Danny's car in order
to gain access to the vehicle, from which they seized the gun and
cut out a portion of the seat upholstery containing suspected blood
evidence from inside.
Based on these observations, police place Danny under
arrest. A police officer advised Danny of
his Miranda rights. Danny immediately
stated: “I do not want to talk to you, I want my lawyer.” Danny was
booked and placed in a cell with Sammy Snitch, an inmate who was
known by the police and jail personnel to be an informant. Snitch
asked Danny why he had been arrested, and engaged Danny in a
conversation about drug sales during which Danny made statements
incriminating himself in ongoing drug trafficking, and Danny told
Snitch a story about how recently, he shot a guy for, "not paying
what he owed." Snitch promptly related Danny’s statements to
jail personnel, and ultimately to the police.
While police recovered no DNA or usable fingerprints from the
outside of the handgun, Danny's thumb print is recovered from one
of the unused rounds of ammunition loaded into the magazine of the
gun (and identified as such when compared to a fingerprint taken
after one of Danny's prior arrests, logged into the Automated
Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) database). The
handgun is a 9mm, is test-fired and found to be operable, and the
ballistic imprint of the fired cartridge cases from the test fire
match the spent cartridge cases recovered from the scene.
Moreover, DNA testing confirms that the blood inside Danny's car
was Vincent's.
who wishes to remain anonymous, indicating that she just heard the
sound of three gunshots outside of her window and giving the
address of the 100 block of Main Street in Towson, Baltimore
County, Maryland. Police respond to the scene and find a
person who they identify as Vincent, laying on the ground,
unconscious and bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound to his
abdomen. Vincent is transported to University of Maryland
Shock Trauma, where he is stabilized; while preparing Vincent for
surgery, an Emergency Department nurse recovers one plastic bag
containing 25 small vials of a rock substance (suspected crack
cocaine) from a satchel Vincent was wearing underneath his shirt,
and a 4" switchblade knife from Vincent's pocket -- the suspected
cocaine is turned over to police and the Maryland State Police Drug
Analysis Unit confirms that the substance is cocaine (a Schedule II
narcotic drug). Investigators know that 25 pieces of illegal
drugs likely is more than a person would possess for personal
use. Police also recover several items of evidentiary value
from the scene: (a) a Pittsburgh Steelers hat on the ground near
the victim; (b) three (spent/used) 9mm cartrige cases from the
ground approximately 10 feet from where they found Vincent; and (c)
video footage from a nearby convenience store that, while blurry
and grainy, appears to depict two people appearing to argue back
and forth, some quick movements (perhaps a struggle among the
two) before an individual wearing a black ski mask and a
Pittsburgh Steelers hat breaks loose and discharges a handgun three
times and then flees the scene.
After significant investigation, including interviews of
witnesses from the neighorhod and use of confidential informants
who have drug users and have purshased drugs from individuals in
the area (including Vincent and Danny), Police believed that a guy
named "Danny" confronted and ultimately shot Vincent because
Vincent failed to pay Danny for cocaine Danny had supplied to
Vincent for resale. Police swabbed the inside of the Steelers
hat, and DNA analysis confirmed that epithelial cells from the hat
match DNA on file in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database
for a person identified as "Danny Davenport," who previously was
arrested for armed carjacking and drug trafficking crimes in Anne
Arundel County.
Accordingly, based on this information, Police applied for and
obtained a search and seizure warrant for Danny's apartment.
When they went to Danny’s apartment, Danny answered the door and
was detained at the front door when he responded to their knock.
The officers then search the apartment and, in Danny's bedroom,
observed a multitude of Pittsburgh Steelers merchandise, thousands
of empty vials (which police know are used to package cocaine for
street-level sale), and $35,000 in cash. As police were
packing up to leave the scene, they observed a car in the parking
lot with Pittsburgh Steelers flags and stickers all over it.
They approached the vehicle and used their flashlights to look
inside, at which time they saw what appeared to be dried blood on
the seat of the car and a semi-automatic handgun sitting in the
center console of the vehicle. Police know that based on
prior felony convictions, Danny is prohibited from possessing a
handgun/firearm in the State of Maryland. They ran the
vehicle registration through the Motor Vehicle Administration
database and confirmed that it is registered to Danny. Police
then use a baton to break the rear window of Danny's car in order
to gain access to the vehicle, from which they seized the gun and
cut out a portion of the seat upholstery containing suspected blood
evidence from inside.
Based on these observations, police place Danny under
arrest. A police officer advised Danny of
his Miranda rights. Danny immediately
stated: “I do not want to talk to you, I want my lawyer.” Danny was
booked and placed in a cell with Sammy Snitch, an inmate who was
known by the police and jail personnel to be an informant. Snitch
asked Danny why he had been arrested, and engaged Danny in a
conversation about drug sales during which Danny made statements
incriminating himself in ongoing drug trafficking, and Danny told
Snitch a story about how recently, he shot a guy for, "not paying
what he owed." Snitch promptly related Danny’s statements to
jail personnel, and ultimately to the police.
While police recovered no DNA or usable fingerprints from the
outside of the handgun, Danny's thumb print is recovered from one
of the unused rounds of ammunition loaded into the magazine of the
gun (and identified as such when compared to a fingerprint taken
after one of Danny's prior arrests, logged into the Automated
Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) database). The
handgun is a 9mm, is test-fired and found to be operable, and the
ballistic imprint of the fired cartridge cases from the test fire
match the spent cartridge cases recovered from the scene.
Moreover, DNA testing confirms that the blood inside Danny's car
was Vincent's.