Mass Shooting Vigil Marks 1 Year Since Annapolis Attack, Fundraiser Supporting Family

ANNAPOLIS, MD — This week, a vigil will mark one year since a mass shooting killed three men during a parking dispute at an Annapolis party. A fundraiser is collecting donations to buy a home for the family of two victims.

The Baltimore Banner said some of the survivors will gather at Lawyers Mall outside the Maryland State House at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

They will walk together through downtown Annapolis to City Dock, where a vigil will remember 55-year-old Nicolas Mireles of Odenton, his son 27-year-old Mario Antonio Mireles Ruiz of Annapolis and their friend 25-year-old Christian Marlon Segovia Jr. of Annapolis.

"I want them to never be forgotten," Nelcy Goss, Mario Antonio Mireles Ruiz's sister and the organizer of the vigil, told The Banner. "I wanted newspeople there. I wanted this to be on TV so people can see it. And I plan on doing this every year. I never want anybody to forget them."

Annapolis Hope was founded to fundraise to support the Mireles family.

Annapolis Hope and The Banner said Nicolas Mireles and his wife, Sandra Mireles-Perez, were two years into a five-year, lease-to-own contract on their Odenton home.

Without the income from Nicolas Mireles' landscaping business, the family is at risk of losing the house.

The Banner said the landlord agreed to sell them the house for $247,000, $10,000 below market value, if they raise the money by August.

Annapolis Hope has raised nearly $135,000 so far. That's about 55 percent of the goal.

The fundraiser is still accepting donations. Anybody can donate at annapolishope.com.

The Segovia family is also collecting donations on this GoFundMe. It has raised $26,000 of its $50,000 goal.

To learn more about the victims and how their families are coping, read The Banner's latest interview with the survivors.

Police said three other victims were wounded in the June 11, 2023 shooting, but they all survived.

Charles Robert Smith, a 44-year-old Army veteran from Annapolis, was arrested in the case.

Smith's attorney said the suspect is on five different post-traumatic stress disorder medications and hadn't taken the medicine for several days before the shooting, WBAL reported.

Court records show that Smith is charged with 42 offenses. Twenty-four of the charges are felonies, including three counts of first-degree murder, six counts of attempted first-degree murder and three counts of racially motivated crimes resulting in death.

Smith is currently being held without bond. His trial was scheduled for this month, but it was postponed until February 2025.

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