15-year-old arrested in connection with security guard death at McDonald's in Northwest Baltimore
Detectives arrested the teenager in a home in the 1500 block of North Smallwood Street on Tuesday. The suspect was transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where he has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
The security guard, 38-year-old Jamal Davis, was armed during the altercation in the restaurant's doorway Jan. 12. Police said that confrontation ultimately led to Davis being shot.
Police responded that day at about 4:04 p.m. to the McDonald's at 4401 Reisterstown Road and found the security guard, who'd been on duty in the restaurant, suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Davis, a father of two, worked as a guard for Cameo Consultant Co., according to the Baltimore-area security agency's CEO, Carlos Moorer.
Maryland law requires anyone 14 or older to be automatically charged as an adult for first-degree murder, first-degree rape and first-degree sex offense.
The list of offenses automatically charged in adult court for minors 16 years or older includes second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter; second-degree rap and second- and third-degree sex offense; abduction and kidnapping; carjacking; attempted and actual robbery with a dangerous weapon; first-degree assault and all firearms offenses.
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