Murder charge dropped in Md. store slaying

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped nine charges, including first-degree murder, against a Glen Burnie teenager in a fatal shooting during a botched robbery of a convenience store.

The Capital of Annapolis (http://bit.ly/OX4yUX) reports that prosecutors said Tuesday that they lacked physical evidence in the case against 19-year-old Shawn Johnson in the 2010 slaying of 48-year-old Youssef Attia at a 7-Eleven in Glen Burnie.

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