Detective Troy Lamont Chesley Sr., 34, was killed in an attempted robbery on January 9, 2007, as he arrived at his girlfriend’s home in the 4500 block of Fairfax Road in the West Forest Park area of Northwest Baltimore. After completing his shift, Chesley was confronted by a gunman; a shootout followed. Chesley was struck multiple times, taken to Sinai Hospital, and pronounced dead. The assailant was also shot during the exchange.

Police quickly identified a suspect after a 21-year-old man, Brandon Grimes, sought treatment at St. Agnes Hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg. Investigators recovered a handgun and blood at the scene that did not belong to Chesley and linked those items to Grimes. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, later convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life without parole.

Does anyone have memories of the West Forest Park neighborhood or details about the case that could shed further light on the night Detective Chesley was killed?