Witness In Towson Double Murder Case Was Homicide Victim: Report

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — The woman killed in Overlea this week was reportedly going to be called as a witness in the case against two men charged in a double homicide in Towson. Police said Tracey Elizabeth Carrington, 25, of the 1100 block of Glemsford Road, was targeted.

Carrington and her friend were leaving the S&S Lounge in the 6800 block of Belair Road and were about to get into her car around 8:40 p.m. Thursday when someone walked up to her and began shooting, police said.

She was shot multiple times, police said, and her friend was unharmed.

"Police are investigating this as a targeted crime because no robbery or other crime was committed during the shooting and the victim's friend was unharmed," police said in a statement.

The Baltimore County Police Department officially stated that it was not confirming she was a witness to the homicide.

#BCOPD are NOT confirming that the victim from the Overlea Avenue homicide, Tracey Elizabeth Carrington was a witness to the April 9th double homicide in Towson. #OverleaAveHomicide.
— Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) September 7, 2018

However, multiple media outlets have reported that Carrington's name was on a list of people who would be called to testify on behalf of the prosecution in its case against two brothers charged in a Towson double murder that happened in April.

Norwood Thomas Johnson Jr., 29, and Nyghee Nicholas Johnson, 21, both of the unit block of Paula Place near Rosedale, were charged with two counts of first-degree murder apiece from a case on Sunday, April 8.

Police allege the Johnsons killed two people after they went to an apartment building in Towson for a drug deal. "It is still unknown what precipitated the murders," police said in a statement.

Police said officers were dispatched to Lambourne Road on Monday, April 9, after a maintenance worker called 911 to report finding two men deceased inside an apartment on the fifth floor.

Stanley B. Brunson, Jr, 29, and Shameek Davone Joyner, 28, had been shot multiple times, officials reported. Brunson had additional traumatic injuries to his upper body, police said.

Two days after a warrant was issued for their arrest in the case, police said the Johnsons were taken into custody during a traffic stop on Interstate 83 south on Tuesday, April 17.

Both were released from the Baltimore County Detention Center on Thursday, April 19, court records show: Norwood Johnson was released on $150,000 bail, while Nyghee Johnson was released on $75,000 bail.

Defense attorneys in June were given the names of people who the state would be calling as witnesses in its case against the Johnsons, according to Fox 45, which reported Carrington was in the apartment complex on Lambourne Road where the double homicide occurred.

However, Fox 45 said that a "source familiar with both cases" said there was "no link between the two."

A source familiar with both cases tells me there is no link between the two. The Johnson brothers are scheduled to stand trial in January. They have a motions' hearing scheduled for early November #Baltimore
— JoyLepolaStewart (@jlepolastewart) September 7, 2018

Defense attorney Warren Brown confirmed that Carrington was being called as a prosecution witness, according to The Baltimore Sun, which cited a "source close to the investigation" in reporting that "investigators do not believe" the Towson double murder and the fatal shooting of Carrington are connected.

While The Sun and Fox 45 both cited a source as saying that Carrington's death and the double homicide were unrelated, WBAL TV reported that Carrington was a "critical part" of the case against the Johnson brothers.

Anyone with information about the shooting of Carrington or who may have information about the crime is asked to contact police at 410-307-2020.

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Carrington was an alumna of Morgan State University, where she was a student-athlete who played basketball and studied sociology. She was also a substitute teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools during the last academic year, WBAL reported.

"Tracey embodied so much of what is beautiful about Baltimore," family friend Cornelius Chap Scott told WBAL. She "really cared about other people" and "was determined to make the best of her circumstance," he said.

Still from YouTube/WBAL TV.