Deliberations are underway in the trial of a man accused of killing a police officer.Elliot Knox is charged with killing Justin Johnson and Baltimore City police officer Keona Holley in the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 2021. Both victims were shot multiple times about 90 minutes apart. Holley was shot while in her patrol car on Pennington Avenue in Curtis Bay. Johnson was shot six times in his back while sitting in his car on Lucia Avenue in Yale Heights. Prosecutors said security camera video, cellphone and DNA evidence put Knox and co-defendant Travon Shaw in the areas of the shootings. Another jury convicted Shaw in Johnson’s killing.
The jury got the case at around 2:15 p.m. Monday afternoon. During closing statements, the prosecutor told jurors, “This was a hit. This was targeted somehow. They knew where she was. They executed her in her car while she worked.”
He argued Knox was closest to Holley’s car and fired the shots. No motive was given.
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