Strip club could lose licenses over fatal shooting

Southeast Baltimore strip club could face thousands of dollars in fines or lose its liquor license after a man was shot and killed outside the club in July. Emmanuel Cruz, 39, died after he was shot outside Haven Place, a strip club in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood, in July. The club will face charges tied to the shooting from the Baltimore Board of Liquor License Commissioners at a hearing Thursday. Haven Place is being charged with six violations — three marks each against its liquor and adult entertainment licenses. Four charges are related to the shooting, and the club faces two additional charges for allegedly serving a minor in May. According to liquor board documents, police responded to a report of a shooting at the club at 400-402 N. Haven St. just after 2 a.m. on July 9. Officer Derek Bowman found Cruz lying in the parking lot of the club with multiple gunshot wounds. Cruz was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he died. Steve Fogleman, an attorney representing Haven Place, declined to comment. Jaquan Terrell Burks, a 25-year-old Baltimore man, was arrested and charged with firstdegree murder, two firearm charges and a handgun violation in Cruz’s killing. Jessalyn Nelson, 20, of Baltimore, was also charged as an accessory to murder after the fact.