Severn Teen Charged With 22 Counts Including Attempted Murder

SEVERN, MD — A 17-year-old from Severn has been arrested and charged as an adult on 22 offenses, including two counts of attempted second-degree murder, for allegedly firing a gun at a Pasadena park.

On Sept. 8 at about 4:10 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police officers were called to 8100 Tower Bridge Drive in Pasadena for a report of shots fired. The caller said he thought the noise had come from fireworks, so he walked toward the basketball court at the nearby park. There, several youths told the man that an unknown male had fired one shot into the ground, then fled the scene.

Officers reportedly found the suspect's vehicle and two occupants the next day. A search of the vehicle turned up 28 grams of marijuana and a loaded 9 mm Taurus handgun.

Emiliano Rene Alonso was arrested and charged with the following:

• two counts of attempted second-degree murder
• four counts of reckless endangerment
• two counts of assault in the first-degree
• two counts of assault in the second degree
• use of a firearm while a felon convicted of a violent crime
• illegal possession of a registered firearm
• minor in possession of a firearm
• illegal possession of ammunition
• handgun in a vehicle
• loaded handgun in a vehicle
• handgun on a person
• CDS: possession of marijuana 10+ gm
• CDS: possession with intent to distribute
• firearm/drug trafficking crime
• CDS: distribution, etc. with firearm
• Malicious destruction of property valued at less than $1,000