On the morning of November 8, 2022, 67-year-old Michael Abey was found bloodied and unresponsive near the intersection of North Taylor Avenue and Eastern Boulevard in Essex, Maryland. Emergency responders initially treated the scene as a cardiac arrest, but Baltimore County police determined after transport to a local hospital and a medical examiner’s autopsy that Abey had been shot multiple times; his death was ruled a homicide.

Abey was described as a homeless man living in the Essex area. Homicide detectives opened an intensive investigation and asked the public for information, but there has been no public announcement of any arrests or named suspects and no motive has been released.

If anyone saw activity in the North Taylor Avenue and Eastern Boulevard area on the morning of November 8, 2022, or has information about Michael Abey’s death, please share what is known with investigators.