On the evening of December 20, 2016, a burst of gunfire on the 5200 block of Cuthbert Avenue in Northwest Baltimore left 23-year-old Black man Luke Beeput and another 23-year-old man struck by bullets. Emergency crews took both men to area hospitals; Beeput was transported to Sinai Hospital where he later died. The condition of the other victim was not disclosed.

The shooting occurred around 8:10 p.m. on a day that saw multiple, unrelated shootings citywide—two fatalities and nine others injured in separate incidents. Public reports since then have not identified any suspects, disclosed a motive, or announced arrests or charges in Beeput’s homicide. The investigation remains unresolved and his family and community continue without answers.

If anyone has information about what happened on Cuthbert Avenue that night, please come forward to assist the inquiry.