Anthony Roberts, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on January 11, 2019, in the 2000 block of Hollins Street in Southwest Baltimore. Medical personnel responded but Roberts’s injuries were fatal. The Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit opened an investigation and investigators collected community information and scene evidence while working to identify a person of interest.

A memorial-page comment by someone mourning Roberts later stated that an individual named Carlos Heard was charged in connection with the murder.