A Baltimore jury Tuesday convicted a couple of paralyzing a 21-year-old man after an argument over a cleaning cart at a BWI Hilton erupted into a high-speed chase and ended in a near-fatal shooting, according to the state's attorney's office.
On the night of Oct. 24, 2007, prosecutors said, hotel server Sean Levy got into an argument with another server, Keya Gardner, over the cart. Thinking the dispute was over, Levy agreed to give another co-worker a ride home. But according to prosecutor Patrick Moran, Gardner, 23, called her then-boyfriend, Darryl Newsome, 22, and the two of them chased Levy on Interstate 295 in separate cars into the city, going up to 100 mph.
Thinking he had escaped, Levy dropped off the co-worker, but a car with three unidentified men pulled up next to Levy. During the trial, Levy testified that Newsome got out, walked over and fired two shots into his chest, prosecutors said.
