In the predawn hours of July 5, 2016, gunfire erupted at the intersection of Laurens Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore. Twenty-eight-year-old Travis Powell was struck and taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. Another person was also wounded in the same shooting; that person’s identity was not publicly disclosed. Powell was a Baltimore resident, born December 29, 1987, and left behind two children.

Baltimore police identified Darron Brown Jr. as a suspect. In 2017 Brown was convicted of first-degree murder in Powell’s killing. In September 2022 Brown, then 27, asked the court for a sentence reduction of at least five years; prosecutors opposed the request, noting Brown had nine violent incidents while incarcerated and that he was on probation at the time of the shooting. Powell’s mother and aunt delivered impact statements describing the family’s ongoing grief and urging that Brown serve his full sentence.

If anyone remembers the July 5, 2016 shooting or has information that could add context to what happened that morning, please share what is known.