On the evening of Monday, July 19, 2021, 64-year-old Vaseles Nettles was shot multiple times in the head during an attempt to retrieve a scooter that had been taken from him. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of Forest Park Avenue in Baltimore. Nettles was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

Baltimore Police opened a homicide investigation and released images of two young men described as persons of interest, asking the public for help identifying them. Officials lamented that a life was lost over a stolen scooter. As of the latest reports, no public announcement of arrests has been made and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation on Forest Park Avenue or has information about the persons of interest, please share what is known with Baltimore Police.