by Lindsey Lombardi, Baltimore Witness
A Baltimore City jury heard closing arguments on July 16 for Antonio Nance, 43, who chose to represent himself after dismissing former defense attorney, Augustine Okeke .
Nance is charged with attempted first-degree and second-degree murder, assault in the first-degree and multiple gun violations for allegedly shooting a fellow passenger who wasn’t injured on a Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) bus on the 2400 block of W. Franklin Street on Aug. 12, 2025.
During testimony, a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) detective said that Nance admitted he threw the gun into a gutter after the shooting, but officers were unable to recover it.
While representing himself, Nance repeatedly questioned the detective whether evidence recovered was bullet fragments or shell casings after the detective said multiple times that they were bullet fragments. Nance also argued that the gun was loaded with blanks, but the detective insisted it was loaded with bullets.
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