Overview
- Baltimore Circuit Judge Nicole K. Barmore ordered a life sentence with all but 30 years suspended and five years of supervised probation.
- Prosecutors had sought a sentence of life plus 30 years, according to State’s Attorney Ivan Bates.
- A jury in September 2025 convicted Cancel-Soto of first-degree murder, conspiracy and attempted first-degree murder after a shootout that fatally struck 19-year-old Cameran Holt as she sat in her car.
- At sentencing, the court noted his minimal prior record, employment history and expressions of remorse, and he declined to make a statement.
- Co-defendants saw different outcomes: Devontaye Richardson received five years for reckless endangerment after a murder acquittal, and Daeshaun Clark awaits a May 12 sentencing for attempted voluntary manslaughter.