On the evening of December 17, 2021, gunfire erupted in the 1300 block of West North Avenue in Baltimore. A ShotSpotter alert brought officers to a scene where five people had been shot. Derrick Lamont Smith, 36, was shot multiple times and taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Homicide detectives identified Arthur McCaden as the primary suspect and obtained an arrest warrant about six weeks after the shooting. McCaden was located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on February 23, 2022, in connection with an unrelated theft and was later extradited to Baltimore. Prosecutors presented surveillance video placing McCaden in a Burger King parking lot appearing to look for Smith, and evidence tied ammunition found in an abandoned vehicle to casings at the scene. The defense disputed the shooter’s identity and argued the assailant was shorter and that the vehicle had been stolen.

On March 3, 2023, a jury found Arthur McCaden guilty of first-degree murder and multiple firearm and attempted murder counts in connection with Smith’s death. Does anyone have information about Smith, his whereabouts that night, or the group that was shot?