Tavon Travis Wilson was 20 when he was shot and killed in Northwest Baltimore on the evening of January 9, 2019. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Wilson on the 3600 block of Marmon Avenue; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The case remained under investigation for several years. In February 2023, Baltimore homicide detectives arrested 26-year-old Melvin Wright in the 6000 block of Green Meadow Parkway and charged him with first-degree murder. In January 2024 Wright, then 27, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in a crime of violence. He apologized to Wilson’s parents in court and said he shot Wilson because he believed he was about to be robbed.

Wright’s plea produced a suspended 40-year sentence for the murder and a consecutive 20-year term for the firearm offense, with all but 15 years suspended. The first five years are to be served without parole, followed by five years of supervised probation; Wright must explain the full circumstances to Wilson’s family after completing his sentence and probation. Did anyone in the Marmon Avenue area in January 2019 see or hear anything that could shed more light on that night?