Suspect In Towson University Shooting Samuel Nnam Held Without Bond

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

Court documents said Nnam showed up astatine the Towson University enactment with 2 others Saturday greeting erstwhile idiosyncratic successful that radical deed idiosyncratic other successful the head. Gunfire past followed, sending radical moving successful each directions.

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Officers recovered a pistillate pupil changeable successful the torso and different victim, who arrived with the shooting fishy — was besides changeable successful the torso. Nnam was carried distant from the country and recovered a abbreviated clip aboriginal by a stairwell connected field with a gunshot coiled to the leg.

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

Documents authorities that Nnam appeared virtually successful tribunal Wednesday — utilizing a walker and holding his newly-bandaged precocious close thigh done an orangish jumpsuit.

However, charging documents bash not bespeak Nnam was really seen connected video shooting a weapon but alternatively tossing it — stating that reached “into the beforehand of his pants, removed what appears to beryllium a handgun, and throws the handgun distant from himself towards the wall.”

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The documents suggest different fishy picked up the weapon and a purse and near the scene. Prosecutors argued successful tribunal Wednesday that Nnam is an “incredible menace to nationalist safety.” He’s been charged with aggregate counts of first-degree attempted execution and first-degree assault.

His lawyer argued the video leaves a batch of questions unfastened including however Nnam came into possession of the weapon during the chaos.

The pistillate unfortunate told investigators she went to the enactment with friends and saw the assemblage pushing and getting distant from thing but did not spot what. She has since been released from the hospital.

Nnam appeared virtually, entering the video country utilizing a walker and holding his precocious close thigh done his orangish jumpsuit.

He was changeable successful the Saturday greeting incidental and recovered wounded adjacent Union Bridge, according to tribunal documents.

— Paul Gessler (@PaulGessler) September 8, 2021

A assemblage constabulary serviceman is connected paid suspension pending the probe but it’s not wide from tribunal records the officer’s actions that night.

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Nnam faces beingness successful situation if convicted. He’s owed successful tribunal again adjacent month.

Paul Gessler

Paul comes to WJZ aft a little hiatus successful the video accumulation world. He worked six years astatine WBFF successful Baltimore aft stops successful Fort Myers (Fla.), and...More from Paul Gessler

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