Background: MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland (Google Maps). Inset: Marquis Johnson (Baltimore Police Department).
A woman was in the parking lot of the hospital where she worked when her husband stabbed her to death, let her stumble out of their vehicle and drove off, authorities in Maryland say.
Marquis Johnson, 37, has been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Tiera Gamble, according to District Court for Baltimore City records reviewed by Law&Crime and the Baltimore Police Department. The defendant also stands charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and carrying or wearing a dangerous weapon openly with the intent to injure someone.
On Friday morning, Gamble was in the lower parking lot of MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore. She was the executive assistant to the director of psychological services at the medical center, per charging documents obtained by local CBS affiliate WJZ.
Johnson dropped her off for work every morning, Gamble's family members told area NBC affiliate WBAL.
A witness reportedly saw Gamble fall out of the driver's seat of a 2019 Honda Insight before a man — later identified as Johnson — switched from the passenger seat of the vehicle to the driver's seat and drove off.
The victim "was then observed running several feet before collapsing, where she was observed to be suffering from apparent lacerations," the court documents add.
The Baltimore Police Department responded to the hospital at about 8 a.m. over a report of a stabbing. Investigators looked through surveillance footage and secured a search warrant for a home believed to have been shared by Johnson and Gamble.
Officers reportedly seized a kitchen knife set that contained a match to the knife found near the victim's body.
Police said they arrested Johnson on Sunday on the 2200 block of Presstman Street in the city, noting that he was wearing "distinctive blue tennis shoes that appeared to match the shoes worn by the suspect" during the killing. He was booked into jail.
The law enforcement agency noted on Monday that the investigation was ongoing "as detectives continue to investigate Johnson's possible involvement in additional violent crimes, including a carjacking and attempted carjacking committed while he was attempting to elude police."
The defendant was ordered to be held in jail without bond. He made an initial appearance in court on Sunday and is slated to return to District Court for Baltimore City for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 10.