Just after 1 a.m. on September 5, 2016, 34-year-old Daniel Smalls of Baltimore was shot in the chest near East Monument Street around North Glover Street and died at the scene despite emergency responders’ efforts. Two women who were with him, his wife Keara Peterson and her sister Cierra Carrington, were also shot and survived; one was pregnant and later delivered her baby safely.

Authorities identified Marion Roberta Daughton, 31, as the suspected shooter and arrested her on charges that included first-degree murder. A second person, Toniasha Manique Johnson, 23, was later arrested and charged with, among other counts, first- and second-degree murder and conspiracy; prosecutors alleged Johnson handed the gun to Daughton before the shots were fired. In later court proceedings Daughton was convicted on multiple counts related to the wounded women but was acquitted of charges connected to Smalls’ death. Witnesses including Peterson and Davon Fields later claimed inability to remember the shooting; the court found they were feigning memory loss and allowed earlier recorded statements to be used.