A Baltimore City 16-year-old was held without bail Monday on murder charges after police said he shot a man Friday evening at the man?s daughter?s Sweet 16 birthday party.
Jamal Charles, of the 300 block of Denison Street, was arrested Saturday evening by the regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force and charged with murder, assault and handgun violations in the shooting of Bryan Jones, 42, according to court documents and the city police.
Jones was holding a birthday party for his daughter at his house in the 1000 block of Augusta Avenue in Baltimore when the incident occurred, police said.
Jones asked a group of men to leave after they started behaving badly, according to court documents.
He got the group outside to his front porch and an argument ensued, during which Charles pulled out a gun and shot Jones in the head and arm, according to court documents.
A police officer who was nearby at about 9:55 p.m. heard the gunshots and saw teenagers running away from the house as she came toward it, police said. Jones was lying on the living room floor, bleeding from his head, when the officer got there, the court documents said.
Jones was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead at about 12:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.
