Baltimore County gangsters brutally kill fellow member thought to be gay
”They felt they could not have a gay member, because that would make the group look weak, and something had to be done. He was escorted into the woods and beaten and stabbed and left for dead.”
Bill Toohey of the Baltimore County Police Department discussing the murder of Steven Parrish, 18, found behind his family’s Woodlawn home, having been cut more than 50 times and having his back stomped on by two of his fellow Blood gang members, Steven Hollis, 17, and Juan Flythe, 17, who left a red bandana covering his face. (ABC 2 News)
”On the day before Parrish’s death, several members of the gang met at his home, according to charging documents. There, Hollis and Flythe discussed finding what they believed to be ‘gay’ text messages on Parrish’s cell phone…. ‘As a result, they decided that Steven Parrish ‘had to go,’ police wrote in charging documents. ‘There was no date or time discussed for the killing, but it was made very clear to all those present that Parrish was going to be killed.’ Flythe later told his fellow gang members that he and Hollis confronted Parrish, who did not deny that the messages were ‘gay’ in nature, according to court records.
Portion of a Baltimore Sun article that details the planning and brutal murder of Steven Parris by two fellow gangmembers and Randallstown High classmates just days before Parris was to graduate. (Baltimore Sun)
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