Salisbury man pleads guilty to assault in 2020 incident

SALISBURY, Md. – A Salisbury man has pleaded guilty to assault charges following a December 2020 incident.

On December 6, 2020, Trevion Townsend and his co-defendant waited in their vehicle outside the victim’s residence to confront him about an ongoing dispute. When the victim arrived home, the co-defendant reportedly handed a semi-automatic pistol to Townsend, who then got out of the car and shot the victim.

The victim survived the shooting.

Sentencing was deferred to allow for a pre-sentencing investigation to be completed.