Gunman To Spend 25 Years in Prison for Double Shooting

A Glen Burnie man was sentenced to 65 years in jail, with all but 25 years suspended, for shooting two men on an Annapolis street.

The State’s Attorney’s office for Anne Arundel County said Ronnie Rashid Downs, 23, pleaded guilty Monday to attempted second-degree murder in the July 2014 double shooting of Reginald Butler, 26, and Reno Green, 25, both of Annapolis.

Annapolis Police say Butler and Green were in a vehicle when they argued with Downs in a parking lot in the 1300 block of Tyler Avenue. Downs shot at the vehicle, hitting Butler and Green, and the vehicle then crashed into a tree.

Green was shot in the arm, while Butler was shot multiple times.

Downs also pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, and carrying a handgun.

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Wes Adams said, “My office will continue to focus on using all of our resources under the law to hold those persons accountable who have a reckless disregard for life. I appreciate Judge Wachs for recognizing the danger this individual is to the citizens of our county.”