Crime & Safety
Elkridge Man Arrested In Glen Burnie Shooting: Police Report
Richard Clarence Ramsay III, 24, died at the scene after being shot. Another man was taken to the hospital with injuries.
GLEN BURNIE, MD — The Anne Arundel County Police Department has made an arrest in a Feb. 22 shooting that occurred in the 200 block of Poplar Avenue. Officers found two shooting victims, including 24-year-old Richard Clarence Ramsay III who died at the scene. A 26-year-old man was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
After interviewing witnesses and investigating the case, officers arrested 22-year-old Alkein Alphozo Coates of the 5600 block of Furnace Avenue in Elkridge. According to a police report, evidence indicated that Coates was involved in an illegal drug transaction at the scene. Coates and another male suspect pulled out a handgun and shot Ramsay and the other man, the report indicated.
Coates has been charged with the following:
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- Murder-First Degree
- Murder-Second Degree
- Manslaughter
- Armed Robbery (3 counts)
- Con-Armed Robbery
- Att. 1st Deg. Murder
- Att. 2nd Deg. Murder
- Assault-First Degree
- Assault-Sec Degree
- Reckless Endangerment
- Con-CDS Distribute - Other
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