On the night of November 19, 2022, at about 10:28 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 3400 block of Spelman Road in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. Officers found 34-year-old William James ’Willie’ Vinson III suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Vinson, a Black male, was remembered by a childhood friend as someone who was expecting a child and trying to turn his life around for his growing family. His killing was reported as either Baltimore’s 299th or 300th homicide of the year, underscoring the city’s elevated homicide total for 2022. Homicide detectives opened an investigation and asked anyone with information to come forward; no suspects or arrests have been announced.

If anyone knew William, his routines, or witnessed the shooting on Spelman Road that night, please share any information with Baltimore Police.