WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.519 We have an active shooter. We have an after squar listen mass casualty. 2 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:12.759 Welcome to Active Shooter, a podcast that covers the wise, the hows, 3 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:23.399 and the aftermath of active shooter and mass casualty events. They have an active 4 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:28.640 shooter in the building. Attacking calls says they are vague impacts. What six 5 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:32.359 nine amies? We got shots Quier at four fifteen eighty at a route to 6 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:49.880 ninety one. So I'm like automatic Quier on active shooter, courts of an 7 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.600 active shooter, active shooter, active shooter in mass casualty incidents. Thank you 8 00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:03.280 for listening. You are listening to Active Shooter, a podcast that may contain 9 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:07.400 adult themes, explicit language, and graphic depictions of violence. Portions of the 10 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:14.560 show may be traumatic for those under eighteen. Listener discretion is advised. It 11 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.439 was a dramatic, bloody day of workplace violence, car chases, and a 12 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:23.200 suspected cold blooded killer now in handcuffs. A man so callous after his alleged 13 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.120 rampage. Sources tell us he was spotted by police casually walking down the street 14 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:34.760 smoking a cigar. Overnight, police capturing after chasing him on foot following an 15 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:40.280 eleven hour multi state manhunt for the suspected killer accused of gunning down three people 16 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:45.120 and critically wounding two others at his office just outside of Baltimore, then shooting 17 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:51.640 another man in Delaware. Advanced Granite Solutions and twenty eighth Street Auto Sales are 18 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:57.480 two businesses offering vastly different services. There wouldn't appear to be any nexus between 19 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:02.840 the two they sit fifty miles apart in two different states, Yet on October 20 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:09.479 eighteenth, twenty seventeen, the two were inextricably linked by hate. They hate 21 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:14.639 one man, harbored deep in his heart, was carried out in the most 22 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:21.919 horrific way possible, by brutally stealing the lives of several people and permanently altering 23 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:28.039 so many more lives, perhaps beyond repair. Today's case is dedicated to the 24 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:32.919 lives and memories of the three injured survivors and the three shooting victims, Jose 25 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:44.159 Hidalgo, Romero, Enes Meravaljak and by our Sakhan Too dev Active Shooter. 26 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.919 The podcast is a High five Holly production and I'm your host j T. 27 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.560 If you've listened to our prior episodes, you know that the Active Shooter podcast 28 00:02:55.639 --> 00:03:00.439 team has taken the no notoriety pledge. We will not be sharing the real 29 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.919 name to the shooters that we cover. We will be giving the shooters a 30 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.560 pseudon them and refer to them by that name throughout the episode. This will 31 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.719 help in clearing up any confusion in the story. While remaining true to our 32 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:21.439 pledge and not naming the shooter by their actual name, we will refer to 33 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:38.360 today's shooter as Lance. Advanced Granite Solutions, a manufacturer and installer of granite 34 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:44.879 countertops, was a company owned by Buach Cabba and operated in Edgewood, Maryland 35 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.800 since two thousand and four. The business was located at twenty one eleven Emerton 36 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:55.919 Park Road and sat approximately twenty miles northeast of Baltimore. Employees of this business 37 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:01.000 began arriving for their regularly scheduled shifts, including thirty seven year old Lance, 38 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.840 who arrived shortly before eight a m. Which is when the business opened. 39 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:12.919 Lance was employed as a machine operator with Advanced for about four months, and 40 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.639 while things appeared normal on the surface, on Wednesday, October eighteenth, twenty 41 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:24.240 seventeen, it turned out to be anything but routine. Lance wasn't at work 42 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:28.360 long before heading back out to the parking lot, walking to his suv, 43 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.079 where he pulled out and put on a black jacket. He re entered the 44 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:38.839 facility and returned to his workstation. Shortly before nine am, Lance was seen 45 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:43.560 on video surveillance standing close to one of the machines while speaking to five co 46 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.360 workers. He told the men to quote, come with me. I want 47 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:53.399 to say something to everybody. Without another word, Lance raised his weapon and 48 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:58.360 shot each of the men, severely, injuring two and instantly killing the other. 49 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:03.079 Three included thirty four year old Jose Hidalgo Romero, who went by Oscar. 50 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:10.800 Oscar, described as a light in the Latino community, was a diligent 51 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.639 worker who didn't hoard his money or by fancy clothes or cars. He donated 52 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.199 a portion of the salary to help pay the rent at the church he attended, 53 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:25.680 a place that he visited several days a week to worship. Oscar had 54 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:30.600 lived in El Salvador, but came to Maryland to live about thirteen years earlier 55 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:35.839 to help care for family. The selfless gesture further illustrates the compassionate and generous 56 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:42.000 nature of this man, for he left his wife, child and siblings in 57 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:46.360 El Salvador to work and care for others, and the family he left behind 58 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:55.360 will never be the same without him. Lance's short, deadly blasts also stole 59 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:59.480 the life of fifty three year old by A Psikon tu dev a father of 60 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:04.079 one dog and two sons and grandfather to many. Born on March thirty first, 61 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:09.800 nineteen sixty four in Mongolia, he immigrated to the States to pursue the 62 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:15.399 proverbial American dream. Before visiting in the US, he owned a furniture business 63 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.040 in his home country, where he'd also been a gymnast in his youth. 64 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:25.439 By Our Psycon was a music aficionado, especially for a rock and roll and 65 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.519 his favorite bands or the Beejis, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. 66 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.839 He had plenty of time to jam out to his favorites every day, as 67 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:39.800 the commute to work was two hours. He enjoyed the work at Advanced Granite 68 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:44.160 Solutions so much he didn't mind the extra long commute from northern Virginia, not 69 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:48.160 when it meant doing what he was passionate about. Indeed, his greater ambition 70 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:53.639 was to one day have his own granite company. By Our Psycon was a 71 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:58.279 regular fixture at his church and was learning to play gospel music on his guitar. 72 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:02.040 He was chosen to be baptized at the Washington Mongolian Church in April, 73 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:09.480 a decision he was genuinely honored by a role model for the younger generation at 74 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:14.199 the church. By our Pichon would be fiercely missed by all whose lives he 75 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:19.759 touched. Initial nine one one calls began rolling into Central Dispatch at eight fifty 76 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:26.519 eight am, meaning the first call was nearly instantaneous. Deputies from the Harford 77 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:31.720 County Sheriff's Office responded and were on scene within four minutes. The police immediately 78 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.879 alerted the public to the armed gunman situation and that he was already mobile or 79 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:42.319 on the run by the time they arrived. Lance shot his co workers and 80 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:47.720 fled, driving a black two thousand and eight Acadia headed towards Delaware. Lance's 81 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:53.920 picture was placed on FBI billboards all along I ninety five from Philadelphia to Washington, 82 00:07:54.040 --> 00:08:13.199 DC and even in Atlantic City. While the man hunt was on back 83 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:18.600 it advanced. Granted police encountered the third deceased shooting victim, Ennis Marvalgik, 84 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:24.000 a forty eight year old man born on February fifteenth, nineteen sixty nine in 85 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.720 Bosnia, Herzegovina. In two thousand and two, Ennis and his wife moved 86 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:35.559 to Maryland and he eventually began working for Advanced Granite. An enthusiastic man who 87 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:39.759 never got angry, Ennis loved his family and helping when he could. The 88 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:43.600 weekend before he was murdered, he helped his daughter lay a stone driveway, 89 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:46.200 not minding the work on his day off when it meant helping his child. 90 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.960 Ennis's wife moved back to Bosnia after several years of living in the States. 91 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.000 She was terribly homesick, and though she returned to her beloved homeland, she 92 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:01.200 and Ennis traveled back and forth quite frequently. He was planning a trip there 93 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.120 for the holidays, a trip that would never come to fruition, all because 94 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:11.120 of the ghastly acts of a lone madman. Ennis's body was transported to Bosnia 95 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:16.840 so he may be laid to rest with close family who will visit and mourn 96 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:20.960 their loss every day. The two injured employees were rushed to the University of 97 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:26.519 Maryland Medical Center Shock Trauma Center, where they were treated and ultimately released, 98 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:33.360 though perhaps never fully recovered. Several nearby businesses and schools, including Deerfield Elementary, 99 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:39.080 William Paca Old Post Road Elementary, and Edgewood Elementary, Middle and high 100 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:45.960 schools were placed on some form of lockdown, modified or otherwise. The school 101 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:52.000 lockdowns were lifted a short time later. Police continued searching for Lance while another 102 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:56.679 team worked on securing the scene at Advanced Granite's facility. Because police didn't realize 103 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:01.519 that this was a very targeted attack, he didn't anticipate that he had another 104 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.440 mark in mind, a former co worker that worked with Lance at twenty eighth 105 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.480 Street Auto Sales, a used card dealership located at twenty eight o one Northeast 106 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:18.080 Boulevard, Wilmington, Delaware, about fifty miles from Advanced. Along the way, 107 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:22.919 Lance stopped at a Walmart where he purchased more AMMO. He arrived at 108 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:28.720 the dealership at ten forty five am and immediately approached former friend and co worker 109 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.600 Jason Ball in an aggressive manner. One of the former dealership employees later reported 110 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:41.080 that she'd known Lance ever since childhood she could easily identify him. She briefly 111 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.320 spoke with Lance in the parking lot, and he asked her where Jason was, 112 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.360 to which she responded that she wasn't sure. She watched Lance walk into 113 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:54.080 the dealership and pull out a firearm. He walked towards and into Jason's office, 114 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.240 where Jason was meeting with employee Court Hughes. Lance raised the gun and 115 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:03.360 shot Chase and twice, with the first bullet hitting him in the face before 116 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.399 lodging firmly into his spine. The employee in the parking lot ran away when 117 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.320 she heard a gun shot. Lance wasn't able to keep shooting, so he 118 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.320 stepped out of the office to clear jam in the gun. Though he was 119 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.360 severely injured, Jason managed to push his desk against the door and give himself 120 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:26.799 a temporary reprieve from danger. Lance cleared the jam and pushed through the barricaded 121 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:31.919 door and shot into the office again. He left the building and immediately walked 122 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.960 right back in, pushed the office door open, and shot into the office 123 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:41.519 one final time. He shot at Jason three times, but hit him twice. 124 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:46.000 It's not clear whether the second or third shot struck Jason in the pelvic 125 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:50.360 area. Jason survived his injuries, and it's nothing short of a miracle. 126 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.639 The employee that was meeting with Jason, Court Hughes was able to escape the 127 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:01.799 shooting unharmed, or rather physically unharmed, aside from the trauma of witnessing his 128 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:07.639 superior be shot before his very eyes. Court heard Lance after shooting Jason, 129 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:13.559 saying in a menacing tone, bleed out bitch, before turning and running from 130 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.399 the building. Jason crawled to the front entrance of the building and called for 131 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:22.679 help until other employees raced to his side, providing temporary triage. Jason named 132 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.240 the shooter, saying he knew the man for several years. The police were 133 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:33.159 called and the Wilmington Police Department arrived at the dealership. Jason was still conscious 134 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.440 enough to tell both the police were called and when the Wilmington Police Department arrived 135 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:41.879 at the dealership, Jason was still conscious enough to tell both the shooter's identity 136 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.600 as well as the description of the vehicle. Lance drove. Officers spotted a 137 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:52.240 gmc Acadia turning out of the dealership, and as such managed to slip through 138 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:58.679 the police's fingers. As he was on the run from law enforcement. In 139 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:05.480 Delaware, officers witnessed Lance throw something out the window. That's something proved to 140 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:09.919 be the murder weapon. Now they could connect Lance to the gun and to 141 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.399 the shooting, especially since he used the same gun for both shooting sites. 142 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:20.360 During his escape, Lance shot at another witness, though mercifully he missed, 143 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.639 although we managed to lose a boot in the process. At five thirty five 144 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.440 PM, a tip was received that Lance was witnessed walking away from his car 145 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:33.600 near Glasgow High School in Newark, Delaware. He was puffing on a cigar, 146 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.639 appearing like he hadnt a care in the world. Lance was about fifteen 147 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.480 miles from the dealership before the witness reported the sighting near the high school. 148 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.159 At six forty eight pm, Lance was seen walking behind the school, and 149 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.840 by seven o five pm he was taken into custody after a short foot chase 150 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:58.240 with AFT agents. Lance was born on November fifth, nineteen seventy nine. 151 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:03.000 He was described as having significant anger issues, erupting into violence and exhibiting combative 152 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:09.440 behaviors. An advanced granted employee later said that Lance had approached them a month 153 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.799 before the shooting, accusing the employee of talking about him to others. Lance 154 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:18.840 was known for violence towards co workers, well most people, really. It 155 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.120 just seemed that at work in particular, Lance lost his cool and got hostile, 156 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:30.759 especially if he believed someone was gossiping or talking behind his back. They 157 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:35.960 usually weren't, but Lance wasn't convinced. Several employees filed complaints with human resources, 158 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.000 but nothing ever seemed to come from it. In Delaware alone, Lance 159 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:46.320 was arrested forty three times. He rarely made rent on time, and as 160 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:52.240 such was frequently named in landlord tenants suits. He also had a plethora of 161 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.120 traffic violations. In twenty fourteen, he believed a co worker was talking against 162 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:00.919 him, so he put the employee in a chokehold, which is clearly an 163 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.360 overexaggerated reaction, although not as over the tops when the incident was reported to 164 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.600 police. When Lance learned about the police report, he forced the co worker 165 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.159 into the parking lot, where he proceeded to slam the employee to the ground 166 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:18.279 hard enough for them to lose consciousness. Lance was charged with offensive touching, 167 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:24.679 which feels like a gross minimization of what actually transpired. The case was dismissed, 168 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:31.120 though the reason why remains unknown. During March of twenty fifteen, Lance 169 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:35.440 was pulled over on US forty and Cecil County, Maryland for a broken headlight. 170 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:41.320 Deputy first Class Joseph M. Kenley stopped Lance in the Big Elks Shopping 171 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.519 Center parking lot. As he approached the vehicle and began speaking, Lance started 172 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:52.080 to get extremely loud and aggressive. The deputy tried to calm Lance down, 173 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:56.919 which only served to enrage him further. Another officer from the Elkton Police Department 174 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:03.360 arrived on scene and ran Lance his license information. He had a suspended license 175 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:07.159 and was wanted on a bench warrant for unpaid traffic citations. The police, 176 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.559 along with a canine unit, began to search the vehicle and located a firearm 177 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:17.399 under the center console of the Fort Explorer that Lance drove. Because he already 178 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:22.840 had fifteen felony convictions, which prevented him the right to possess a firearm, 179 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:27.399 Lance was arrested and handcuffed, and because of the weapon and his record, 180 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:33.080 Lance faced up to nine years in prison. A mere three months later, 181 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.960 the charges were dropped and Lance was free without consequence. Though the police, 182 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:44.879 specifically the Sheriff's department, expected a criminal trial, the state's Attorney's office dismissed 183 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.759 the case, citing the reason as the sheriff's deputy who made the traffic stop 184 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:55.399 ask them to. The sheriff's office denied these allegations, claiming the deputy appeared 185 00:16:55.480 --> 00:17:00.559 on the date of the trial, but the prosecutor elected to dismiss During an 186 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:04.319 interview later in October of twenty seventeen, the state's attorney claimed that there was 187 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:10.480 insufficient evidence to proceed with the case, which really sounds like they just didn't 188 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:15.039 want to deal with it. Perhaps if he was convicted during this incident, 189 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:19.160 he wouldn't have had access to weapons and thus the ability to carry out such 190 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:25.039 a horrendous crime. In twenty sixteen, Lance was accused of punching and trying 191 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:29.599 to rob Jason Ball, who was the shooting survivor from twenty eighth Street Auto 192 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:34.319 discussed earlier. In this episode, Lance was charged with offensive touching and robbery, 193 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:40.440 but again the case was dismissed with no information as to why. In 194 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:45.839 early two thousand seventeen, Lance was terminated from JPS Marble and granted after it 195 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:51.400 was alleged that he punched a co worker and threatened other employees. The former 196 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.920 boss indicated that he was so worried for his own safety when it came to 197 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:59.880 Lance, he had even attempted to obtain a personal protection order. However, 198 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:04.680 the request was denied. The State of Maryland refused to release any records about 199 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:11.400 any former cases, so no additional information could be obtained. Shooting survivor Jason 200 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:15.759 Ball and his best friend, who will call stand for the purpose of clarity, 201 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:22.400 were thick as thieves. Stan was Lance's brother, He and Jason were 202 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.559 best buddies. They were out at a nightclub one evening when Lance claimed that 203 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:30.759 his brother called him a rat and that Stan and Jason hired some thugs to 204 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:37.279 beat Lance up outside of the club. The assault was brutal, leaving Lance 205 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.799 with a broken back and a deep laceration to his forehead. As a result 206 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:45.839 of the head injury, Lance was placed into a medically induced coma. In 207 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:52.039 January twenty sixteen, Stan was newly released from prison and the brothers were together 208 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:56.640 at their father's house when the siblings got into a physical altercation, although the 209 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:02.440 reason why is unknown. At one point during this same incident, Jason and 210 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:07.200 Stan left the residence and Lance alleged that Jason quote drove the truck right into 211 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:11.240 him. Jason was going to testify in this manner, but the case was 212 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.920 dismissed and never reauthorized. People in Lance's family described a time when Lance and 213 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:21.400 Jason were leaving Lance's father's funeral when Jason allegedly took a gun out of the 214 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:25.559 center console and aimed it at Lance, which is a claim that Jason has 215 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:45.519 staunchly denied. Lance was formally arraigned on October nineteenth, twenty seventeen, in 216 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:51.680 Delaware. He was charged with one count of attempted murder and three gun violations. 217 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.759 He pled not guilty and was held on two point one million dollars bail. 218 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.759 The state of Maryland placed a detainer on Land for three counts of murder 219 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:07.359 and two counts of attempted murder. During the trial in Delaware for shooting Jason 220 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.440 Ball, Lance testified at his own trial, never denying that he shot Jason, 221 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.359 but tried to claim self defense. Lance would later say that he believed 222 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:22.079 Jason hired someone to murder him, so he shot Jason first. While being 223 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.039 questioned, the state asked Lance, quote the exact morning at your place in 224 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:30.279 Edgewood, Maryland, on October eighteenth, twenty seventeen, when a group of 225 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.519 people were gathering in a room. You shot them, right, You shot 226 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:38.759 five people. Three of them are dead, and isn't it true that that 227 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.839 was a little bit more to do with your state of mind on October eighteenth, 228 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.839 two thousand seventeen, that morning than whatever this stuff was from two thousand 229 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:55.119 fourteen, two thousand fifteen, and two thousand sixteen. Right, Lance didn't 230 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:59.480 answer, so the state replied with, quote, that's a non answer, 231 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:03.960 to which Lance replied, you've seen the pictures, You've seen the evidence. 232 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:12.200 A superior court jury found Lance guilty of attempted manslaughter under extreme emotional distress, 233 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:18.440 which was a lesser charged that the jury could consider. Lance was also found 234 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.039 guilty of first degree reckless endangerment, carrying a concealed weapon, and two counts 235 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.839 of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to 236 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:32.920 forty years in prison. Immediately after the trial, Lance filed for post conviction 237 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:38.240 relief, which the court denied. He then appealed for a Supreme Court's decision 238 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:44.079 to the Supreme Court of Delaware. In the appeal, Lance claims ineffective assistance 239 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:48.519 of counsel for reasons including not objecting to the court allowing the video of the 240 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:52.680 Maryland shooting to be shown trial. The video wasn't properly authenticated, and the 241 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:59.440 court didn't afford Lance the ability to present evidence or witnesses that supported his defense, 242 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:03.839 which forced him to take the stand. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision 243 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:11.039 of the Superior Court. The Maryland trial took a bit longer to commence, 244 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:15.759 but it finally did on October thirteenth, twenty twenty, and one hundred and 245 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:21.799 twenty perspective jurors were summoned to jury selection. As such, jury selection was 246 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:26.359 held at the Havre de Grace Community Center, which allowed jurors to socially distance 247 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:30.640 themselves. A food truck was brought in to keep everyone fed. It was 248 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:36.839 the first trial to take place in Hartford County since the pandemic. On October 249 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:41.759 twenty eighth, twenty twenty, Lance was found guilty on all counts. He 250 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.720 testified on his own behalf, saying that he fired the weapon five times because 251 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:52.599 a man made a quote threatening gesture. He continued by saying that he'd never 252 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:56.519 used the gun before and that had jammed during the shooting. During his own 253 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:02.400 testimony, Lance confessed to the crime said he was sorry for what he'd done. 254 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:07.039 Lance continuously used profanities while testifying, and it took the jury under twenty 255 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:11.680 four hours to find Lance guilty of all counts. After a guilty verdict, 256 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:18.720 the criminal responsibility phase begins. The jury must decide if the defendant was criminally 257 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.200 responsible and in his right mind at the time of the shooting, which they 258 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:29.440 did. Lance was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, 259 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:36.559 two consecutive life sentences for murdering three people and attempting two more. Finally, 260 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:40.079 he was also sentenced to twenty years for use of a handgun during the 261 00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:45.079 commission of a crime of violence and fifteen years for being a felon in possession 262 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:51.119 of a handgun concurrent to the last life sentence. All of the sentences are 263 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:56.119 consecutive to the forty years that the shooter is already serving in Delaware. He 264 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:00.920 will never see the light of day outside of prison walls, and that may 265 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:08.039 be the only justice out of this terrifying ordeal. We all have the unique 266 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:12.480 ability to help prevent such a catastrophic event from happening if we keep our eyes 267 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:19.519 and ears open and never hesitate to report when something or someone just doesn't seem 268 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:25.559 right. With a delicate balance of mental health, reform, education, active 269 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:30.319 shooter training, and common sense gun laws. We may one day realize the 270 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:36.079 dream, the dream that there will be no more active shootings. We pray 271 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:42.920 that love will prevail over hate. Too many have died, we should say 272 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:49.480 to ourselves, not one more. In the meantime, we urge our listeners 273 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:53.240 to stay aware of your surroundings and keep in touch with your loved ones. 274 00:24:53.960 --> 00:25:00.440 If you see something, say something, you never know how many lives you'll 275 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:11.960 be saving. Thank you for listening to today's episode of Active Shooter the Podcast. 276 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:18.920 Remember, if you see something, say something, there's no telling how 277 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:22.039 many lives you may be saving. A big thank you to Darren Curtis, 278 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:26.680 who composed some of the songs on our show. You can find him online 279 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:33.640 at www dot Darren Curtis music dot com. Make sure to check us out 280 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:38.359 on social media. You can find us on Facebook at Active Shooter the Podcast 281 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:45.759 and on Twitter at podcast Active. Thank you and be safe.