Tyree Lee, 39, was fatally shot on March 27, 2019, after an encounter on Wellington Avenue in Baltimore. Around 2:50 p.m. he was approached and shot at by a man later identified as Lorenzo Thomas; the pursuit continued into the 3900 block of Penhurst Avenue where Lee was shot multiple times and killed.

Investigators focused on 43-year-old Lorenzo Thomas as the primary suspect. Lee’s girlfriend, who was with him during the shooting, said the confrontation grew out of a dispute over money the previous day. Testimony also alleged Lee had witnessed Thomas shoot another person the night before, and Lee had sent texts to his mother expressing fear of Thomas shortly before his death.

Thomas was arrested on April 10, 2019, and charged with first-degree murder and firearms violations. A 2023 conviction was later remanded by the Appellate Court of Maryland on December 26, 2024, and a new bench trial began December 10, 2025, where the defense pointed to gaps in forensic and video links and a lineup nonidentification while the prosecution relied on eyewitness testimony and the alleged motive.

Did anyone in Baltimore know Tyree or witness the events on Wellington or Penhurst that afternoon?