On the night of Sunday, July 29, 2018, 28-year-old Xavier Charles, a Black man from Baltimore, was found in the 2400 block of Loyola Northway in the Park Heights neighborhood with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital by medical personnel but died of his injuries. The shooting was one of several violent incidents that night in Baltimore; at least one other man was killed and three others were wounded in separate shootings.

The Baltimore Police Department investigated the incident as a homicide. If anyone knew Xavier, was in Park Heights that night, or has information that could help, please come forward to the authorities.