Some more detail from court documents
...(if anyone is still following this):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/lo...ar21,0,6956291.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Documents detail Cross Keys shooting
Originally published March 21, 2006
The gas station owner who shot and killed one of three would-be robbers at the Village of Cross Keys last week told police that the men opened his car door, beat him and then grabbed paper bags filled with thousands of dollars, according to court papers made public yesterday.
Mark A. Beckwith, 57, also told police that one of the men had a gun, charging documents show. Beckwith pulled out a 9 mm Glock semiautomatic pistol and fired at his assailants 16 times, the documents show.
Keith D. Love, 22, was fatally wounded in the robbery, which occurred about 2 p.m. Friday in a parking lot near a Williams-Sonoma store. One of the men was shot in the hand, and a suspect was arrested by police after he went to Maryland General Hospital for treatment.
That man, Corey A. Mcleaurin, 29, faces armed robbery, robbery, assault, handgun and theft charges, police documents show. Mcleaurin lives in the 3400 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway in West Baltimore.
Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman, said police have not recovered a gun that Beckwith says was used by one of the assailants.
According to documents charging Mcleaurin in the incident, the men grabbed three paper bags filled with about $5,900 as they tussled with Beckwith as he sat in his 1995 Honda. Immediately after the shooting, Mcleaurin and another man got away from the shopping center in a white Pontiac Bonneville driven by a third man, the documents say. Police said the driver and other man were still being sought.
That vehicle was found later that day abandoned in Northwest Baltimore.
Beckwith, a Bel Air resident who has a permit to carry a handgun, had intended to make a deposit at a Columbia Bank branch located in the shopping center. He recovered the money.
The investigation into the shooting continues, but police have said that Beckwith will likely not face criminal charges.
[Gus G. Sentementes and Julie Bykowicz]
http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_079191354.html
Police: No Charges For Man Who Killed Attacker
Mar 20, 2006 7:13 pm US/Eastern
Adam May Reporting
(WJZ) Baltimore, MD Sources inside the Baltimore City Police Department tell Eyewitness News' Adam May the man who shot a group of attempted armed robbers at the Cross Keys Shopping Center will most likely be cleared of any wrongdoing.
Mark Beckwith, 57, was getting ready to make a bank deposit Friday when he was attacked in broad daylight. At that point, police say Beckwith pulled out a handgun that he was permitted to carry and fatally shot 22-year-old Keith Love in the chest. Corey McLeaurin, 29, was apprehended after he went to the hospital for a non-fatal gunshot wound.
Police are in the process of questioning McLeaurin in the hope he will reveal the identities of two other men who abandoned the getaway car.
Under Maryland state law, police have discretion in issuing concealed weapons permits. In most cases, there must be documented threats against the permit seeker. There is also a provision for people who transport cash as part of their business practice.
Beckwith is a businessman who owns several gas stations that have been targeted by criminals before. According to the Department of Justice, 1% of all crime victims use a gun to defend themselves. But there is an ongoing debate on how effective concealed weapons permits are when it comes to deterring crime.
In the U.S. it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon in seven states, while it is legal with some restrictions in 29 states. Other states, like Maryland, make it difficult to get a permit.
Baltimore police are wrapping up their investigation into the shooting right now. Eyewitness News spoke with Beckwith Sunday, but his attorney urged him not to speak publicly until the investigation is complete.
Police will turn over their findings to the City State's Attorney's Office for a final review as early as this week.
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