Teen gets max in mall shooting

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The words “Free Pun” were spray painted across Annapolis, reappearing every time city officials painted over the graffiti tag. Javaughn Adams, 19, nicknamed “Pun,” is glorified in the Robinwood Community for opening fire in a busy Annapolis mall in November 2006, injuring a rival teenager and a U.S. Secret Service agent.

“The defendant is being portrayed as a martyr in that community,” said Assistant State?s Attorney Jennifer Alexander on Friday in Anne Arundel Circuit Court.

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