On the afternoon of Friday, February 22, 2019, Deaondre Johnson, 21, was shot in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore near Park Heights Avenue and Sumter Avenue. A patrol officer was alerted to the shooting just before 3:00 p.m.; officers found Johnson suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead after treatment efforts failed.

Baltimore Police Department homicide detectives canvassed the area and appealed for information. Investigators later identified a suspect, 32-year-old Darian Curb, described as already on probation for a prior murder conviction. Images of Curb were released to the public and, more than a month after the shooting, he was arrested and charged. The charges were amended to discharging a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime resulting in death; Curb said he thought the men in the vehicle were making a move on his territory and called the shooting a misunderstanding.

If anyone knew Deaondre, saw activity near Park Heights and Sumter that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.