On the morning of December 9, 2021, 34-year-old Jake Rogers was shot and killed while putting his three young children into a van outside a home on Holder Avenue in Northeast Baltimore. Rogers, who worked for the city’s Department of Public Works, collapsed in the yard after being struck. A neighbor’s wife removed the crying children from the scene; Rogers was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Baltimore Police released surveillance footage showing a person of interest described as a Black man of medium height and build, dressed all in black, who was seen lying in wait behind a tree before crossing the street toward Rogers and fleeing on foot after the shooting. A reward was offered for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have been publicly announced and the motive remains unclear.

Did anyone in the Holder Avenue area see or hear anything that morning, or recognize the person in the released footage?