On November 4, 2018, 34-year-old Tracy Whiting was found shot to death in the 2400 block of Francis Street in West Baltimore after a Shot Spotter alert. Police and the medical examiner reported she had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene; the medical examiner later recorded 11 gunshot wounds.

In August 2021 Baltimore Police arrested 36-year-old Damien Woods and charged him with first-degree murder. Investigators tied a dispute between Woods and Whiting to the killing and court documents say both were allegedly members of the Bloods. An anonymous tip said they had argued at a strip club that night, and that Woods led Whiting to an alley and shot her. Jail calls and other records reportedly show Woods later threatened another woman and that gang leaders issued a kill order for Woods because Whiting’s murder was considered unauthorized.

Woods’s first trial in November 2022 ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked; retrials and scheduling have since been delayed. The prosecution has offered a plea of life with all but 50 years suspended, which Woods rejected. The case turns largely on witness testimony; prosecutors say there is no eyewitness or CCTV footage of the shooting. Did anyone in West Baltimore see Tracy or Woods the night of November 4, 2018, or have information about the dispute that led to her death?