A winter 2020 family tragedy in Baltimore left 26-year-old Graham Blake dead. Police responded to a house in the 2500 block of Gibbons Avenue on the night of February 28 and found Blake with a gunshot wound to the back of his head; he was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The autopsy later confirmed the gunshot wound and noted blunt force trauma to his forehead.

Investigators focused on Blake’s 19-year-old younger brother, Singleton Duppins, who was accused of shooting Graham after an argument about a missing handgun Blake used for work as a security guard. Duppins fled the scene but was located with the assistance of his mother and arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. The case produced two trials: the first resulted in acquittal on first-degree murder and a conviction for minor in possession of a firearm; prosecutors retried him on second-degree murder and other charges. In October 2023 a jury found Duppins not guilty of second-degree murder and the remaining counts.

Are there details about Graham’s last hours or the family’s account that someone in the neighborhood can add?