Deontay W. Edwards was 19 when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Baltimore on July 30, 2022. Witnesses and investigators place him and several others near Rutland Avenue and East Lafayette Avenue when gunfire erupted from a vehicle that had been carjacked a week earlier. After the first volley, Edwards and three others fled in a car but were pursued and shot at; their car crashed near Oliver Street. Edwards tried to run and was shot in the back and died at the scene. One passenger survived after being shot three times. Investigators recovered twenty-four shell casings across the roughly three-block crime scene.

Baltimore City Police Robbery Homicide and the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Unit identified Tyshaun Williams as a suspect. Williams was arrested on August 2, 2022 while driving the vehicle used in the shooting; officers recovered a handgun with a loaded 30-round magazine. A grand jury indicted Williams in March 2023 for Edwards’ murder, attempted murders of three others, and related carjacking conspiracy charges. Reports say Williams and at least one unidentified co-conspirator were involved in the events that led to Edwards’ death.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, the pursuit, or saw the car used in the attack, can you share what you remember?