SALISBURY, Md. — A Salisbury woman will serve prison time for aiding her son after a fatal 2023 shooting that prosecutors described as gang-related. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, 37-year-old Kyeisha Elliott was sentenced on November 7 to ten years in the Maryland Division of Corrections, with five years suspended in favor of probation.
Elliott pleaded guilty in September 2023 to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Prosecutors say she helped her son, Mykel Elliott, evade police after the April 2023 killing of a Salisbury man during what authorities identified as a violent dispute between rival groups.
Investigators determined that Mykel Elliott and several others confronted their victim near Salisbury on April 15 and located him the next morning at Pizza City, where they shot and killed one man and injured another. In the days that followed, Kyeisha Elliott hid her son and misled investigators, according to court documents.
A Wicomico County jury found Mykel Elliott guilty of first-degree murder, gang participation, and related charges on October 24. He was sentenced to life in prison on August 8. Wicomico County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Dykes said her office remains committed to holding accountable anyone who interferes with law enforcement or assists violent offenders. She commended investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, the Salisbury Police Department, and lead prosecutor Deputy State’s Attorney D. Scott Messersmith for their work on the case.
Additional details are available through the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office at www.wicomicostatesattorney.com.
