On April 15, 2022, about 6:15 a.m. on the 800 block of Gretna Court in South Baltimore, 30-year-old mother of two Brittany Keyser was shot and killed during a dispute that began when she and the 31-year-old father of her children, Kenneth Wills, had gone to purchase drugs. Surveillance footage captured a confrontation between Keyser and a man identified as 36-year-old Joel Ugah. The footage and witness accounts show Ugah striking Keyser, then producing a handgun after Wills intervened. Ugah shot Wills in the neck and head area; both victims fell, and Ugah stood over them and shot Keyser multiple times in the head at point-blank range.

First responders pronounced Keyser dead at the scene; Wills survived with critical injuries. Baltimore Police identified Ugah as the suspect and arrested him on May 10, 2022. He was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and numerous assault and firearms counts. A July 2023 trial ended in a mistrial when the jury hung; prosecutors retried the case in October 2023, and that retrial resulted in a guilty verdict for first-degree murder in Keyser’s death and attempted second-degree murder for the shooting of Wills. On January 12, 2024, family members spoke in court and the judge sentenced Ugah to life plus additional years for the attempted murder and related firearm charge.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the April 15 confrontation or recognize the people involved?