Amir Whyee was 21 when he was shot and killed on the afternoon of December 1, 2021, in the 500 block of Random Road in Southwest Baltimore. Police found Whyee with gunshot wounds and he was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Investigators tied 25-year-old Dorrell Jackson to the killing. Prosecutors say Jackson had robbed another man at gunpoint earlier that day, forcing the man to strip and telling him he believed there was a bounty on his head. Less than five hours later, Jackson confronted Whyee and shot him in the leg after Whyee refused to strip; prosecutors say Jackson then paused and fired a second, fatal shot to Whyee’s head, a pause the court considered evidence of premeditation.

Jackson’s defense sought a jury instruction for voluntary manslaughter, arguing paranoia after a prior shooting, but the court rejected imperfect self-defense. In February 2023, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge convicted Jackson of first-degree murder and related weapons charges and sentenced him to life in prison for the killing of Amir Whyee.

If anyone knew Amir, his movements that day, or saw something relevant in that neighborhood on December 1, 2021, please share what is known.