On the evening of August 27, 2021, 18-year-old Dante Crawford Jr. was shot in Baltimore and later died from his wounds. Police found him at about 7:16 p.m. in a crashed vehicle in the 3000 block of Druid Park Drive; he was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead. Dante Crawford Jr. was Black.

Two other 18-year-olds were also shot in the same incident and survived. The shooting happened in the 2400 block of Loyola Southway, and the Baltimore Police Department opened a homicide investigation. So far, no public details have been released about a motive, identified suspects, or arrests.

If anyone in the community has information about that night or the people involved, please share what is known with the investigators handling the case.