On November 30, 2016, a lone gunman opened fire on a group gathered outside a convenience store in Northwest Baltimore around 6:00 PM. Six people were struck; two died at or after the scene. Troy Smothers, 29, was hit by a single bullet in the back and taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he later died. The other fatality was 23-year-old Davon Dozier, who was shot multiple times and died at the scene. Four others were wounded, including one man who was critically injured and a survivor who sustained five gunshot wounds.

Investigators believed the attack was retaliatory and used a hospital identification from the survivor who had been shot five times to identify a suspect. Authorities arrested a man at a Westwood Avenue residence on December 12, 2016, and charged him with the murders of Smothers and Dozier plus multiple counts of attempted murder and firearms offenses. The case record shows convictions and consecutive life sentences for the two murders, along with additional lengthy sentences for the attempted murder and gun convictions.

Did anyone know Troy Smothers or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?