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In Harford County court, a man is charged with killing Emma Riley Lewis.
The man charged with killing Emma Riley Lewis appeared in court in Harford County at 00:37.
BALTIMORE: On Thursday, the man accused of killing and shooting a trans woman in Bel Air was scheduled to appear in court. LGBTQ+ advocates staged a rally outside the Harford County Courthouse.
The LGBTQ+ lobbying group Baltimore Safe Haven held a rally outside Harford County District Court for the second time this month.
“We are here today to be Meghan’s voice,” Renee Lau of Baltimore Safe Haven said, “We are here today for all transgender people.”
The group is protesting the judge’s decision to release Brian Delen, who was accused of killing trans woman Meghan Lewis on December 27 in Bel Air.
Lau remarked, “Why the prosecutor in Harford County recommended that this person be released on his own recognizance is beyond belief.”
According to charging documents, a man delivering food misidentified Lewis and called her “sir” when he shot and killed her in the parking lot of her apartment complex. That sparked a debate.
The judge’s decision to place the suspect, 47-year-old Brian Delen, on GPS house monitoring infuriates protesters.
“And you want to offer him a GPS so he can move around freely? No,” Tamer Jones, another Baltimore Safe Haven activist, said. “It’s not right.”
According to Delen’s public defender, he made a “strong self-defense argument.”
According to the public defender, Delen reportedly dialed 911 after Lewis was shot and received assistance using his own first aid kit.
Lewis was defenseless.
On Thursday, attorneys entered the courthouse for Delen’s preliminary hearing in the hopes that the judge might return Lewis to prison.
According to Lau, “I would like to see the judge say that he has been remanded and held over for trial and that any potential release is out of the question.”
However, the hearing was postponed, and the judge did not alter Delen’s release agreement.
On February 22, Delen may return to court for a new hearing.
