A member of the Thunderguards motorcycle club who was accused of an August 2024 mass shooting waived his Hicks date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 21. Waiving a Hicks date, which marks 180 days since a defendant’s initial appearance in court, denotes a defendant’s concession of a right to speedy trial.
Eric Byrone Kibler, 43, faces 47 charges, including multiple counts of first-degree murder, attempted first- and second-degree murder, and firearm use in a felony or violent crime, along with related conspiracy charges. The mass shooting occurred at 1301 N. Spring Street, near the Caroline and Hoffman Park basketball courts, and left 36-year-old Anthony Martin dead and seven others injured.
Martin was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital and pronounced deceased at 11:53 p.m. the same day. Medical examiners ruled the cause of his death to be a homicide.
According to charging documents, the incident occurred when Martin became involved in a verbal dispute over a residential parking spot with the Thunderguards, who were holding a memorial cook-out for a former member.
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