On April 2, 2018, Deandre Brown, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the 2300 block of Bryant Avenue in Baltimore. The shooting happened in broad daylight after a verbal argument escalated into a physical fight. Deandre reportedly stepped in to try to de-escalate the dispute and protect his family and his mother’s home. Witnesses said a van returned to the scene, three men got out, and gunfire followed; Brown was hit multiple times and later died of those gunshot wounds while another 29-year-old man was injured.

Aaron J. Ausby became involved in the original altercation, left, then returned with others. He was arrested about two weeks after the shooting and charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and several firearms offenses. At trial in June 2019 a sister of Deandre Brown testified as an eyewitness; the jury convicted Ausby of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and three firearms counts, and he was sentenced in July 2019 to 65 years in prison.

Does anyone have information about Deandre Brown, where he spent time in Baltimore, or witnessed the events on Bryant Avenue that afternoon?