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Second man arrested in Essex murder case

December 9, 2020 Police News No Comments
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A 21-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the fatal shooting of an Essex man in October, county police said

Donnell Terrell Griffin III of the 300 block of Shagbark Road in Middle River was charged with first-degree murder and held on a no-bond status at the Baltimore Detention Center, police said.

Griffin is the second person arrested in the murder of Zeshaan Ali Toppa, 21, of the 300 block of Leeanne Road, police said.

Police arrested Keonta Adrian Skipwith, 18, of the 8000 block of Pennington Drive in Laurel on Oct. 26 and charged him with first-degree murder, according to a police report. He remains held without bond following a bail review hearing, police said.

The shooting death occurred at about 10 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the 500 block of Welbrook Road in Essex in what detectives determined was a drug-related robbery, police said. The man was shot in the upper body, police said.

–Ashley Feeney

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