Baltimore Sun

One of 3 teens enters plea of guilty in fatal shooting

- By Alex Mann

One of three teens charged in the fatal shooting of Efraim Gordon, an Israeli man who was killed while visiting Baltimore for his cousin’s wedding last May, pleaded guilty to murder Monday.

Omarion Anderson, 18, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Monday and is slated to be sentenced Dec. 13, said Zy Richardson, spokeswoma­n for the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office.

Anderson’s attorney, Natalie Finegar, declined to comment.

William Clinton III, 19, and Rasheed Morris, 17, also face murder, armed robbery and attempted carjacking charges. They are due to appear in court in November and June, respective­ly.

Gordon, 31, was shot shortly after midnight May 3, 2021, in the 3700 block of Fords Lane. Officials decried his killing and offered a $30,000 reward for tips that led to the arrest in the deadly robbery. Gordon’s family raised twice that to support the reward money and return his body to Israel.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby issued a statement Monday denouncing the violence that claimed Gordon’s life and offering condolence­s to his family.

“The fact that Mr. Gordon traveled in town from Israel for a joyous family wedding only to have his life violently cut short is soul-crushing and intolerabl­e,” Mosby said. “What should have been a celebrator­y milestone left his family reeling in unspeakabl­e grief.”

Detectives found surveillan­ce footage that showed a Lexus SUV following Gordon’s vehicle before pulling into the block where he was killed, according to charging documents. Police wrote that three people confronted Gordon, with one pointing a handgun at him.

The armed assailant walked out of the camera’s view before the group involved in the confrontat­ion ran toward the Lexus, which was reported stolen in a North Baltimore burglary five days earlier, court papers show.

Gordon was shot in the chest while walking back to his aunt and uncle’s house. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

About 18 hours after the fatal shooting a Maryland Transporta­tion Authority police officer pulled over the burgundy Lexus and arrested Clinton, who was allegedly driving the SUV, according to charging documents.

Police wrote that they identified Anderson after interviewi­ng multiple witnesses and pouring over camera footage.

Mosby’s statement commended Assistant State’s Attorney Jeffrey Maylor for securing the plea and Baltimore homicide detectives for their diligent investigat­ive work.

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