Edgewood Man Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Acquaintance: Prosecutor

EDGEWOOD, MD — A jury has found an Edgewood man guilty in the shooting death of William Doran, 29, in Joppatowne that happened in December 2021.

Harford County sheriff's deputies were called to the 500 block of Dembytown Road in Joppatowne for the report of a single vehicle collision on Dec. 10, 2021. While medics were performing CPR on Doran, they discovered he'd been shot below the eye. Although they were able to revive him, Doran died an hour later, according to police.

During their investigation, Harford County Sheriff’s Office detectives found what they described as belligerent text messages sent to Doran's phone from a person listed as “Reject P” who was identified as Alton William Cumbo, Jr., 28, of Edgewood. Law enforcement gathered additional cell phone data that placed Cumbo in the area of the murder at the time of the crime. He was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault. Both men knew each other, according to the police department.

After a five-day trial, Cumbo was found guilty of second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and illegal possession of a firearm. His sentencing has been scheduled for April 22.

“I am immensely proud of the work my office is doing everyday in putting violent criminals, like Alton Cumbo, behind bars. Our community should not be subjected to violence such as this and is safer today with this successful verdict. We will continue to uphold our responsibility to this community by holding violent offenders accountable and removing them from our communities. I hope that this conviction brings some closure to the victim’s family and am grateful that our office has taken another murderer off our streets," State’s Attorney Alison M. Healey said after the trial.