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Walter Baynes, 30, was fatally shot on April 19, 2018, while visiting his 69-year-old grandfather, George Evans, in the Broadway East neighborhood of Baltimore. The attack involved a barrage of more than 20 gunshots that struck both men; Evans, a Baptist deacon who had lived in the house for over four decades, was shot eight times and also wounded in the neck and legs.

Body camera audio from a Baltimore police officer responding nearby captured the gunfire. Officer Joseph Rodgers ran toward the scene and apprehended 17-year-old Eric Gilyard on Lafayette Avenue; police recovered a gun from Gilyard and charged him as an adult with Baynes’s murder. Gilyard’s lawyer says he was running from the shots and is innocent. Authorities say they are seeking other possible suspects and the motive remains unclear.

Anyone who was in Broadway East on April 19, 2018, or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.