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Maryland Trio Busted For Attempted Murder In Playstation Purchase Gone Bad: State Police

Three suspects were apprehended in Maryland after a planned deal to purchase a Playstation went awry and a 26-year-old wound up with serious injuries during an alleged assault, authorities said.

Attempted murder maryland

Attempted murder maryland

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Pottsville's Kimberly Renee Worley, 31, and Salisbury residents Avontae Curtis Fortt, 27, and Laquan Frederick Cannon, 31, arrived at the Layes Landing Road home in Newark to purchase the video game system from the victim the night of Monday, July 11, Maryland State Police said.

During the exchange, Fortt struck the victim in the back of the head with a pistol while also firing several rounds from the gun, police said. The trio then fled the scene in a white Chevrolet Impala. 

Troopers from the Berlin Barrack found the victim with a traumatic head wound in a home on Hayes Landing Road around 9:50 p.m. 

He was airlifted to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was treated and released on Tuesday, July 12. Officials noted that Cooper did not sustain a gunshot wound in the incident.

The vehicle was found by a Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Route 13 in Salisbury, at which point the driver tried to flee from responding officers, crashing through a fence in the area of Liberty Street and Route 13 at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Monday night.

Wicomico County Sheriff's deputies were able to detain all three suspects, though, during the arrest, it is alleged that Fortt assaulted arresting officers, leading to additional charges against him.

A search of the vehicle also led to the seizure of illegal drugs and a loaded 9mm handgun, investigators added.

Worley was charged with:

  • Multiple warrants for burglary, assault, trespassing, and theft;
  • Convicted in possession of a firearm;
  • Loaded handgun in a vehicle;
  • Controlled Dangerous Substances: possession of not marijuana;
  • First-degree attempted murder;
  • Second-degree attempted murder;
  • First-degree assault;
  • Second-degree assault;
  • Reckless endangerment.

Cannon was charged with:

  • Warrants for burglary, trespassing, and assault in Wicomico County;
  • Convicted felon in possession of a firearm;
  • Loaded handgun in a vehicle;
  • Controlled Dangerous Substances: possession of not marijuana.

Fortt was charged with:

  • Assault of a police officer;
  • Convicted in possession of a firearm;
  • Loaded handgun in a vehicle;
  • Controlled Dangerous Substances: possession of not marijuana;
  • First-degree attempted murder;
  • Second-degree attempted murder;
  • First-degree assault;
  • Second-degree assault;
  • Reckless endangerment.

All three are being held at the Wicomico Detention Center without bond. 

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