Man to serve 3 life sentences for 2021 Maryland crime spree that left father, son, 19-year-old dead
BALTIMORE -- A man was ordered to serve an additional life sentence, plus 15 years, Monday after he shot and killed a 19-year-old, and murdered a father and son within three weeks in 2021, according to the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office.
Ameer Gittens, 25, was found guilty in the fatal shooting of Antwan Edwards, 19, in Baltimore's Saint Joseph's neighborhood in 2021.
On October 31, 2021, Baltimore police responded to a reported shooting in the area of Palormo and Leeds Streets around midnight, according to court officials.
When they arrived, officers found a person suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 3500 block of Leeds Street. The man – identified as Antwan Lamont Edwards – was later pronounced dead, according to officials.
An investigation revealed that Edwards was driving a rental vehicle from Enterprise Rental Company. Detectives discovered Edwards' vehicle an hour later in the area of Presstman Street and Tiffany Alley, court officials said.
Detectives used GPS tracking to match Gittens' location to Edwards'.
On November 3, 2021, Gittens was arrested in Baltimore County for a separate homicide that occurred in Rosedale. At the time, he was arrested with a firearm which was found to have fired the shell casings found in Edwards' shooting.
The life sentence handed down Monday will run consecutive to two other life sentences Gittens received for the violent crime spree that also left a man and his son dead.
In 2023, Gittens, along with Derrick Jamison, 25, both received two life sentences plus 50 years for robbing and killing 55-year-old Christopher Walker and his 24-year-old son, Justin, according to police.
The murder of Christopher and Justin occurred three weeks before Edwards was shot and killed, according to the State's Attorney's Office.
According to officials, Walker and a friend agreed to give Gittens and Jamison a ride from a convenience store in Rosedale. Gittens and Jamison drew handguns, forced Justin and his friend to remove all of their clothes, and took their wallets and cell phones.
The friend was forced into the trunk of the vehicle and duct taped at the wrists, ankles, and mouth. Eventually, Gittens and Jamison took Justin Walker to his home on Plainview Road in Rosedale, where they shot Justin's father eight times, and Justin once, killing both of them.
"There is no doubt that the State of Maryland is significantly safer with this defendant incarcerated for life. The utter disregard for human life demonstrated in this case underscores the seriousness of the defendant's actions," State's Attorney Ivan J. Bates said.
