BALTIMORE — Nehemias Batista was found guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Murder of Edwin Rivera; Attempted Murder in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Murder of a second victim; Assault in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Assault of a third victim; and Assault in the Second Degree of a fourth victim.<\/p>\n
On February 6, 2016, Baltimore Police officers responded to a shooting at a bar in the 500 block of South Bond Street. Upon arrival, first responders found that four victims had been shot\u2014one of whom later died at Johns Hopkins Hospital.<\/p>\n
According to witness testimony, Batista and a co-conspirator were seated at the restaurant\u2019s bar prior to the shooting. Batista and his accomplice\u2014for reasons unknown\u2014covered their faces with clothing and began firing at Rivera and his associates seated in the dining area.<\/p>\n
Batista and his accomplice exited the bar and hopped into a taxi waiting outside with a third accomplice. Police were able to link all three men to the crime by examining the phone records of the device used to call the taxi. The phone records traced back to an address where investigators found weapons used in the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was an incredibly brazen attack that was carried out in a bar where unsuspecting\ufffd innocent people became the victims of a heinous attack,\u201d said Baltimore City State\u2019s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. \u201cThis conviction is yet again a testament to the fact that we will aggressively pursue justice on behalf of the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sentencing is scheduled for February 22, 2017. Batista is facing four life sentences plus 60 years, and his two co-conspirators are scheduled to stand trial in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BALTIMORE — Nehemias Batista was found guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Murder of Edwin Rivera; Attempted Murder in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Murder of a second victim; Assault in the First Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Assault of a third victim; and Assault in the Second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":96855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n