Marcus Barber was found dead the afternoon of December 30, 2018, in a wooded area along the 1000 block of North Franklintown Road in Southwest Baltimore. Patrol officers discovered the 24-year-old Black man at about 3:30 p.m.; police said he had been shot at least once and homicide detectives took over the scene as the day faded.

The location is a stretch of trees and brush that can conceal sound and sight, and the discovery was reported as the second homicide that violent Sunday.

Anyone with information about how Barber came to be in that spot or who might have been responsible is asked to contact investigators at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP. Has anyone in the area heard or seen anything that could help?