Annapolis Man Sentenced For Shootings After Baltimore Bars Close

ANNAPOLIS, MD — An argument on the street that escalated to gunshots after the bars closed in a Baltimore neighborhood has sent an Annapolis man to prison for 20 years. Steven Perkins, 25, was sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted murder, assault and a gun charge for shooting at a group of people on a city street, wounding two bystanders.

Baltimore City Police said the shootings happened about 2 a.m. Nov. 27, 2016, on East Cross Street. One man was shot in the foot, while a second man was grazed by a bullet.

Investigators say Perkins argued with a group of people in the block, then pulled out a handgun and fired at the people he was arguing with, but missed his intended targets, instead wounding the passers-by. He ran from the scene, punched a police officer in the face, but was taken into custody and a handgun was recovered.

He was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison, with 30 years suspended, the Capital-Gazette reports.

Photo of Steven Perkins, courtesy of Baltimore Police Department