Suspect In Towson University Shooting Being Held Without Bond

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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — A justice ordered Samuel Nnam, 19, beryllium held without enslaved aft prosecutors allege helium changeable 2 radical and himself during an unsanctioned lawsuit connected the Towson University field past Saturday.

Prosecutors referred to surveillance footage of the shooting and said Nnam is “an unthinkable menace to nationalist safety.”

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Samuel Nnam, 19, is being held without bond. Prosecutors called him "an unthinkable menace to nationalist safety" aft they accidental video shows helium changeable himself and 2 others Saturday greeting astatine Towson University.

— Paul Gessler (@PaulGessler) September 8, 2021

Nnam has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree battle and second-degree battle successful the shooting, which happened connected Sept. 4 astir 2 a.m. during a gathering of astatine slightest 400 radical successful Freedom Square. Three people, including a student, were injured.

According to charging documents, investigators spoke with Nnam astatine Sinai Hospital arsenic helium was being treated for his injuries and helium said helium had nary recollection of what happened that nighttime oregon however helium got there.

Detectives past reviewed surveillance footage of the incidental that shows a radical of 3 men walking implicit to an chartless antheral successful the crowd. One of the 3 men struck the chartless idiosyncratic successful the head, according to charging documents.

Investigators judge that, during the altercation, Nnam fired a gun, striking 2 different radical and himself, according to charging documents.

In the video, the assemblage is seen fleeing the country and a achromatic antheral is seen lying successful the mediate of the courtyard, wherever 2 ammunition casings were aboriginal recovered by police, according to charging documents.

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On the video, the antheral tin beryllium seen reaching successful his pants and pulling retired what looks similar a firearm and throwing it toward a wall. He aboriginal tin beryllium seen making a telephone call. Another person, according to charging documents, picked up the weapon and a purse and ran distant with the items.

A radical picked up the antheral lying successful the courtyard, and different cameras connected field amusement them taking the antheral toward Union Bridge, the determination wherever Nnam was yet recovered with a gunshot coiled to his close leg, according to charging documents.

During a bail proceeding Wednesday, Nnam appeared virtually and utilized a walker to participate the video room.

His lawyer says video is not wide however helium came into possession of the gun.

Nnam is charged with aggregate counts of attempted archetypal grade execution and archetypal grade assault.

— Paul Gessler (@PaulGessler) September 8, 2021

His lawyer said the surveillance video is not wide connected however Nnam came into possession of the gun.

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