The murderer of Efraim Gordon, who was attacked in a shooting in Baltimore, was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury.
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William Holloman, the 19-year-old thug who participated in the murder of Efraim Gordon a”h, a Lubavitcher from Israel visiting Baltimore in May 2021 for a family wedding, has finally been found guilty of first-degree murder in a trial by jury.
Efraim was a young man who had recently come to taste the sweetness of Torah and Judaism. He was attending the wedding of his cousin in Baltimore and was happily planning his own wedding with his Kalla. His family has written a Torah in his honor as the case went to trial.
He was outside his family’s home on Ford Lane in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood after the wedding, when he was shot and killed by a group of carjackers. Prosecutors say Holloman and two accomplices – Rasheed Morris and Omarion Anderson – demanded that he give them his car keys. When he refused, they shot him and then fled.
Anderson and Morris had previously pled guilty for their roles in Gordon’s murder. Both of them testified for the prosecution in Holloman’s trial, saying that he handed the gun to Morris, who allegedly shot Gordon in the stomach. Another defendant, William Clinton III, previously pled guilty to providing the teens used in the shooting.
During the trial, Efraim’s family made a Hachnasas Sefer Torah for him in Baltimore where Rabbanim and elected officials were in attendance, to pay their respects. Rabbi Hopfer and many leading Rabbanim were in attendance, as well as Congressmen Mfume, Deputy Secretary of State Luis Borunda, and Mayor Scott.
Rasheed Morris allegedly shot Efraim Gordon in the stomach after William Holloman handed the gun to him. Why wasn’t Holloman found guilty of second degree manslaughter. I am not a lawyer. What penalty or conviction did Rasheed Morris get?