In the early afternoon of October 5, 2014, 24-year-old Jaleesa Brooks was fatally shot during a home invasion at the apartment she shared with her fiancé in Baltimore, Maryland. Two masked intruders forced their way into the residence, demanding money and valuables. The assailants, who were armed, confronted Brooks’ fiancé and her three-year-old daughter. While the robbery was in progress, Brooks was in a bedroom; a single gunshot was heard and she was later found with a gunshot wound to her upper chest. She was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators identified Darius Baker as a suspect, and another person known as Little Tray was implicated though his full identity and whereabouts were not known at the time of subsequent legal proceedings. Marquis Curtis was later arrested and charged in connection with the incident; following a jury trial he was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. If anyone knew Jaleesa, her family, or has information about the individuals who forced their way into that apartment, please come forward.