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Maryland Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Gun Links Him to 2024 Road-Rage Shooting

Police say forensic testing matched a handgun seized in a May road rage stop to shell casings from a July 2024 shooting on the same Elkton block.

Overview

  • Maryland State Police charged 27-year-old Javoughn Berbick with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and multiple firearm offenses.
  • Troopers said a motorist opened fire during a road rage confrontation on July 31, 2024, striking the victims’ vehicle four times.
  • No injuries were reported in the 2024 shooting, and investigators recovered spent shell casings at the scene.
  • Berbick was arrested in May in a separate dispute on Fletchwood Road in which he allegedly pointed a handgun at a family in the 300 block.
  • He remains held without bond at the Cecil County Detention Center following the new charges tied to the 2024 case.