Tragedy struck on Spelman Road yesterday evening as Baltimore police were summoned to the scene of a fatal shooting. According to the official Baltimore Police Department release, at approximately 7:40 p.m. Yesterday, officers arrived at the 2700 block of Spelman Road after reports of gunfire. There, they found an unidentified man, unresponsive and critically injured from multiple gunshot wounds.
The officers immediately searched for clues, but it was too late for the victim. The medics who arrived shortly after pronounced him dead at the scene, and the case swiftly shifted gears from an emergency response to a homicide inquiry. With the identity of the deceased withheld pending an autopsy by the Medical Examiner's Office, the call for public assistance grows ever more urgent.
The police urge anyone with any information to come forward and have provided the contact number 410-396-2100 for such purposes. Anonymity is an option, as tipsters may contact the Metro Crime Stoppers via their tip line at 1-866-7LOCKUP or submit information through their website.
