Tavon Slowe, Murder for Hire Schemes, Maryland 2012

Baltimore, Maryland – Tavon Slowe, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to charges arising from two murder for hire contracts.

The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Kevin Perkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; Commissioner Kevin Davis of the Baltimore Police Department; and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby.

According to his plea agreement, in March of 2012, a fight occurred near West Paterson Park Avenue and Chase Street. One of the participants was Gregory Parker. A few days later, an individual was given a “contract” to kill Gregory Parker. The individual arranged with Slowe to kill Gregory Parker for $5,000.

On March 16, 2012, the individual called Slowe on a cell phone and the two met in person, along with another person. The individual told Slowe where the victim could be found and that the victim was wearing a blue floppy hat. The two agreed that Slowe was to use his own gun, but that the individual would replace it after Parker had been killed.

Within about an hour after the meeting, Gregory Parker was shot multiple times with a .9mm semi-automatic pistol on East Chase Street in Baltimore City. Fourteen shell casings were found at the scene. Parker was wearing a blue floppy hat. Video surveillance depicts the shooter running from the murder scene and getting into a car driven by Slowe.

In March 2013, at the direction of the FBI, the individual called Slowe from a jail phone and told Slowe that he had been sentenced to a lengthy incarceration period after being set up by a person he had known since he was four years old. Slowe agreed to commit a murder for money. Slowe requested two guns to commit the murder. The individual told Slowe that another person would meet with Slowe to provide the money and guns.

Tavon Slowe, 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to using interstate commerce to facilitate the commission of a murder for hire and conspiracy to use interstate commerce to facilitate the commission of a murder for hire. He will serve 10 years in prison. The crime occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 16, 2012. The plea agreement states that Slowe was to be paid $5,000 for the murder.

The charges against Slowe include using interstate commerce to facilitate the commission of a murder for hire and conspiracy to use interstate commerce to facilitate the commission of a murder for hire. He will serve 23 to 27 years in prison concurrently with the 10-year sentence.

Tavon Slowe is currently in custody. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Baltimore Police Department.

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