In the early evening of a Monday in January 2017, gunfire broke out on the 3600 block of South Hanover Street in South Baltimore. Police arrived at about 6:10 p.m. and found 38-year-old Jamal Washington with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a local shock trauma center and placed on life support, but died the following Tuesday.

According to the initial investigation, Washington had been standing on the block with two other unidentified men when a lone assailant stepped out of an alley on the east side of the 100 block of Patapsco Avenue and opened fire, striking him. The shooter was described only as wearing all dark clothing and was said to have fled back into the same alley. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named and the investigation remains open.

If anyone saw activity in that area the evening of the shooting or has information about the person who came from the Patapsco Avenue alley, contact detectives with what they know.