Pikesville Man Convicted in 2010 Murder

A Baltimore County jury convicted a Pikesville man on Thursday in a 2010 murder.

Kelly Shird, 28, of the 800 block of McHenry St., was found guilty of first-degree murder, third-degree burglary and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, according to a news release.

Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Michael Finifter set sentencing for Dec. 20.

State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said in the release that Shird shot and killed Craig Bouie at about 2 a.m. Aug. 5, 2010, in Bouie's home, in the 100 block of Western Woods Circle, Milford Mill.

"He faces the possibility of life without parole for the murder, 10 years for third-degree burglary, and 20 years" for use of the handgun, deputy state's attorney John Cox said Friday.

According to the release, Bouie was upstairs in his home with his wife feeding their one-month-old son. He went downstairs and found Shird who had just broken into the home through a rear basement window.

Shird struggled with Bouie, and then shot Bouie three times. Shird accidentally shot himself before he ran, the release states. An 11-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy were asleep in the house at the time of the murder.

Shird was arrested a week later in Lancaster County, VA. A handprint of the defendant was found on a neighbor's window and a dreadlock of hair was found under the victim's body. That lock matched Shird's DNA, the release states.

The case was prosecuted by Daniel Trimble and Thomas Tompsett of the Baltimore County State's Attorney’s Office, the release states.