Josiah Rogers was 23 when he was shot in the neck on the evening of July 12, 2021, on the 4100 block of Patterson Avenue in Baltimore. He survived three days and died of his injuries on July 15, 2021; his death was counted among Baltimore’s 189 homicides that year.

Rogers had overcome medical and learning challenges throughout his life. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD and having had brain surgery for Chiari Malformation 1, he nonetheless excelled at wrestling and football at Frederick Douglass Senior High School and later earned a lacrosse scholarship to ASA College. The loss of his father to a police-involved killing when Josiah was an infant was a formative part of his early life.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported, and the Baltimore Police Department lists the case in its homicide database without releasing further investigative details. His mother, Erica Ashby, created the Josiah Rogers Displaced Kids Fund in his memory to support inner-city children.

Did anyone who knew Josiah or witnessed the shooting come forward with information?