Husband charged with murder of Baltimore Good Samaritan Hospital worker

An employee of Baltimore’s MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital was fatally stabbed by her husband in the parking lot of the hospital, according to police and court documents.

The stabbing, which happened Friday morning, resulted in the death of hospital employee Tiera Gamble, 36, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Gamble was the executive assistant to the director of psychological services at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, according to police charging documents.

Police said a witness saw Gamble fall out of the front driver’s seat of a car in the lower parking lot of Good Samaritan Hospital. A man, identified by police as 37-year-old Marquis Johnson, was then seen by the witness getting out of the vehicle’s passenger seat, switching to the driver’s seat and then driving off, according to the charging documents.

“Gamble was then observed running several feet before collapsing, where she was observed to be suffering from apparent lacerations,” the charging documents state.

Officers were called to the hospital around 8 a.m. for a report of a stabbing, and came upon medical professionals attempting unsuccessfully to resuscitate Gamble, according to police.

After reviewing surveillance footage taken at the parking garage, police obtained a search warrant for a residence believed to have been shared by Gamble and Johnson.

Johnson was taken into custody at the home and has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and related charges in connection with Gamble’s death, according to court documents.

Investigators said they recovered a kitchen knife set that matched the description of the large kitchen knife found near Gamble’s body.

“At the time of his arrest, Mr. Johnson was wearing distinctive blue tennis shoes that appeared to match the shoes worn by the suspect observed in surveillance footage recovered during the investigation of Ms. Gamble’s murder,” the charging documents stated.

Homicide detectives are investigating the incident. They are asking anyone with information on the incident to contact police at 410-396-2100, or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.