Jurors are deliberating murder and gun against a Baltimore man charged in a fatal shooting that occurred following an altercation outside an \u201cafter hours\u201d club in Brooklyn\u2019s south Baltimore neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Closing arguments in the case were heard June 12 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy<\/a>. Prosecutors said that shortly before 7 a.m. on May 10, 2025, 50-year-old Ronald Hall<\/a> shot 37-year-old Albert Manning<\/a> twice in the back, striking him in the aorta, the main artery to the heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n He then reportedly stood over Manning\u2019s body as he bled out, and delivered one final gunshot. Medics pronounced Manning deceased upon arrival at the scene, which was located on the 3500 block of 2nd Street. Medical examiners reported he was shot in the aorta.<\/p>\n Hall was arrested over two months after the incident on May 28, 2025. Investigators charged him with first-degree murder, firearm use and two counts of possessing a firearm despite disqualifying felony convictions.<\/p>\n During closing arguments, the state\u2019s attorney said Hall was \u201cspecifically targeting\u201d Manning and pointed to area surveillance footage that allegedly showed him waiting in the area, presumably for the victim to exit the club. Police responded to the scene at approximately 6:47 a.m., 13 minutes before the club was scheduled to close. The state emphasized that the incident was a deliberate murder that occurred \u201cin the middle of the street, at 7 a.m. on Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n Further surveillance footage is said to show that Hall had been in the area of the club between 4 a.m.- and-5 a.m., and that he returned home briefly before riding his motorcycle back to the scene. The state contended his return home was an intentional and deliberate move to retrieve his gun, and argued Hall had significant time to premeditate Manning\u2019s murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s already made the decision,\u201d said the prosecutor, pointing to the footage. \u201cHe lies there in wait for Mr. Manning.\u201d<\/p>\n