Channon Michael Simpkins was 28 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of May 6, 2017, in East Baltimore near Whiteridge Avenue and Barclay Street. Police believed the killing grew out of an ongoing drug dispute.

Baltimore Police identified 18-year-old Cortez Wall as the primary suspect and publicly named him Public Enemy No. 1. Wall was linked by authorities to other violent acts in the city and evaded capture for about two months before being arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana. U.S. Marshals, a SWAT team, and local officers surrounded a house on West 68th Street; a K-9 helped take Wall into custody after a brief flight attempt. He suffered minor injuries, was treated at a local hospital, and was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center to await extradition to Baltimore on murder charges.

Does anyone have additional information about Simpkins or about witnesses in that East Baltimore neighborhood?