On October 15, 2021, 22-year-old Tayshawn David was fatally shot inside a residence on the 5100 block of Curtis Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore Police found David with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested 19-year-old Jaesiah Neal the same day in Timonium and charged him with first-degree murder. Investigators alleged jealousy as a possible motive, saying Neal shot David after the victim began a relationship with Neal’s ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors’ trial theory relied on an eyewitness who said she saw a shooter fire through a window after coming up a fire escape, video that reportedly showed someone climbing the fire escape, and fingerprints recovered on the apartment window.

After a four-day trial the jury found Neal not guilty of murder and related weapons charges; the jury could not reach verdicts on home invasion and conspiracy to commit home invasion, and a judge later denied bail on those unresolved charges. If anyone knew Tayshawn or witnessed activity at Curtis Avenue that night, please share information with investigators.