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On the evening of May 12, 2022, Yahmell Montague, 37, was seated in a parked car on the 300 block of East 23rd Street in Baltimore with his 38-year-old fiancée, Angel Smith, who was seven months pregnant, when another vehicle pulled up and at about 8:13 p.m. at least one person inside opened fire. Both Montague and Smith were struck multiple times. First responders found Montague dead at the scene; Smith was taken to hospital and a medical team delivered her baby, but she died shortly after giving birth. The newborn survived and was initially in critical condition.

A reward that grew to $16,000 was offered for information leading to arrests. In October 2024 a grand jury indicted two men, Cornell Moore, 39, and Keith Russell, 39, as part of a broader investigation into an alleged murder-for-hire enterprise blamed for multiple killings, shootings and carjackings in the Baltimore area; Montague and Smith were named among the victims. Moore faces 41 counts and Russell 37 counts, including first-degree murder, gang participation and firearm offenses, and court proceedings are ongoing.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the car that approached East 23rd Street that evening or other details that could help investigators?