Posted on 01/09/2026 7:22:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
A man is dead after a hit-and-run in West Baltimore.
On January 4, an officer was on patrol in the 1200 block of West North Avenue when he was told that a man had been struck by a car.
Police say they found a 48-year-old man suffering from multiple abrasions to the head and body.
He was taken to a hospital where he remained in critical condition.
The man, later identified as Philip Jones, died three days later.
Investigation determined that the incident was not accidental and that a homicide had occurred.
Ollice Weaver was heading to church across the street when he saw the scene.
"First thing I was thinking, I thought somebody got shot," Weaver told WMAR-2 News.
One neighbor said he was familiar with Jones and saw everything that happened.
"We speak all the time he used to come through here all the time," he said, "I came off the steps and I walked down here to throw the trash away, next thing I know he got hit."
Charging documents say the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Michael Manigo, drove into a gas station in a KIA Sportage and started to drive slowly, following Jones.
As Jones left the gas station, Manigo quickly followed. He drove in the wrong lane of traffic then down a one way street to allegedly run Jones over.
Manigo then got out of the car and looked at Jones laying on the ground, charging documents say.
He was arrested in the 2300 block of Annapolis Road after police found the disabled KIA. Manigo was in the car at the time and initially told officers he was having car troubles before officers were able to link the car to the hit-and-run.
A neighbor, who declined to show her face or reveal her name, said she was alerted by the police sirens around 7 a.m. Sunday.
"After they put him on the bed, they took him and laid him on the board. I said, 'That poor man is dead.' I said, 'Oh my god that's sad."
Manigo told investigators he didn't know Jones but that his car was "bewitched" and "controlled by Satan."
He's been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
Upgraded charges for Mangio are pending.
Jones' death becomes the third homicide of the year.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Homicide detectives at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.
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Let’s not jump to any conclusions, Boo-Boo.
Oh. Ok. Go ahead and Jump.
Wait, you mean this whole time this is a valid argument? Quick, someone tell the bullet riddled corpse of that Minnesota woman!
Flip Wilson / “Geraldine”:
“The devil made me do it!”
“Manigo quickly followed. He drove in the wrong lane of traffic then down a one way street to allegedly run Jones over.”
“We speak all the time he used to come through here all the time,”
What does that even mean?
It seems odd that since the Waukesha Christmas Parade Drive Through murders, that many copycats have been performed.
Causing harm towards national law enforcement personnel just because they exist, should be labeled FAFO, duly noted, and case closed, no further investigation, theeby refusing future notoriety, and refusing their name any life. “That would be the story of you.”
🤔🤔🤔
I was just thinking about that movie recently when MeTV aired The Duel (about the tanker against the Plymouth Valiant). I **need** to watch The Car again!
Doesn’t matter.
The fact you can be possessed by Satan proves you’re on his side and are therefore, acting as an accomplice. Case closed Your Honor.
Satan cannot possess a saved,genuine child of God. Christ and the Holy Spirit already dwell in such a persons body. Satan doesn’t have the power to kick them out or overwhelm God.
31-year-old Michael Manegro
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