Bowie man found guilty of first-degree murder

A Bowie man was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery Friday in the shooting death of a Gambrills man last year. Shamar Terrence Hamm, 23, of Bowie, faces a mandatory life sentence for his role in the armed robbery of 28-year-old Andrew Kolta outside his apartment complex in Gambrills on Jan. 29, 2018. Hamm was one of three people police said drove to Kolta’s apartment complex and robbed him after he was shot. Prosecutors said that Hamm’s acquaintance, Dwayne Stephen Commock, 19, of Bowie, shot Kolta in the back as he ran away from the three. Commock pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in September. Celeste Long, 21, of Bowie, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, armed robbery and use of a firearm in a violent crime as police said she drove Hamm and Commock to the apartment complex. Hamm was the only one of the three to take his case to trial. A jury found him guilty Friday of first-degree murder, armed robbery and other related misdemeanor charges. Hamm is scheduled to be sentenced on March 22.