Self-Defense or Attempted Murder? Jury Hears Competing Accounts of Liquor Store Shooting

A confrontation outside a Baltimore liquor store that allegedly ended with a man shooting himself before firing nine rounds at another individual became the focus of competing openings on Nov. 12, as attorneys presented different accounts of the April shooting. Nedrick Johnson, 31, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Alan Lazerow, facing eight charges, including attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and multiple firearm-related offenses. The charges stem from an April 10 incident outside Slims Liquor Store on the 4200 block of Belair Road, where prosecutors allege Johnson opened fire on an unidentified man following a heated confrontation. According to the prosecution, Johnson arrived at the liquor store with his girlfriend and an older man when an unidentified individual wearing a white shirt exited a black vehicle and approached the group.

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