Woman wounded in Northwest Baltimore liquor store shooting, suspect charged

A 68-year-old woman was caught in the line of fire inside 4 Gs Liquor on Liberty Heights Avenue when police say a man opened fire at someone else and the bullet struck her instead. She survived the shooting and was in stable condition, a frightening reminder of how quickly a neighborhood stop for a routine errand can turn dangerous.

Baltimore police said officers responded to the 4700 block of Liberty Heights Avenue at about 1:43 p.m. on April 30 and found the woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Charging documents say Ceante Okeshi-Emoni Jordan, 28, shot at a man inside the store, but the round hit the woman, who happened to be inside at the time. Jordan fled after the shooting, leaving the woman on the floor, investigators said.

Warrant Apprehension detectives arrested Jordan on May 7 at a home in the 2900 block of Oakford Avenue. He was taken to the Central Booking Intake Facility and charged with attempted first-degree murder. Court records show Jordan has an extensive criminal history, including prior drug and handgun convictions, and he was being held without bail while awaiting a June 3 court date.

The shooting came in a month when Baltimore leaders were again watching violent crime numbers closely. Baltimore City ended 2025 with 133 homicides, down 61 from 2024, and Mayor Brandon M. Scott said April 2026 had the fewest homicides for a single month since at least 1970. Scott also said that through the morning of May 1, the city had recorded 33 homicides and 89 non-fatal shootings.

For residents in Northwest Baltimore, the case lands with a particular jolt because it happened in a commercial strip people use every day, not in some isolated corner. Baltimore Police’s open data system says its Part 1 crime dataset includes shootings and other major offenses, a sign that the department tracks this kind of violence as part of the city’s broader crime picture. But for the woman wounded at 4 Gs Liquor, the numbers collapse into a more immediate reality: a public place, a sudden burst of gunfire, and another bystander left to pay the price.