Pasadena, MD — An 18-year-old Severn man has been arrested after a shot was fired at a basketball court in Pasadena.
On September 8, Anne Arundel County Police responded to a 9-1-1 call concerning a shot being fired on Tower Bridge Drive.
The caller heard what he originally believed was fireworks and approached a group of kids playing basketball. Several juveniles told him that an unknown male had pointed a handgun at the ground in the basketball court and fired one shot into the ground and then left the scene.
By the time police arrived, the juveniles had left. During the course of an investigation, detective were able to identify both a suspect and victims.
On September 9, 2019, a detective was canvassing the Mountain Road corridor when he observed the suspect vehicle and two occupants stopped at Mountain Road and Edwin Raynor Blvd. The occupants were detained and a search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of 28 grams of marijuana and a loaded 9mm Taurus handgun. Emiliano Rene Alonso was arrested and charged as an adult with the following:
Charges:
- ATT 2ND DEG. MURDER (2 cts)
- RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT (4 cts)
- ASSAULT FIRST DEGREE (2 cts)
- ASSAULT SECOND DEGREE (2 cts)
- FIREARM USE/FEL-VIOL CRIME
- REG FIREARM:ILLEGAL POSSESSION
- POSS OF FIREARM MINOR
- ILLEGAL POSS AMMO
- HANDGUN IN VEHICLE
- LOADED HANDGUN IN VEHICLE
- HANDGUN ON PERSON
- CDS: POSS MARIJUANA 10 GM+
- CDS POSS W/INT TO DIST
- FIREARM/DRUG TRAF CRIME
- CDS: DISTR ETC. W/FIREARM
- MAL DEST PROP/VALU < $1,000
