La Tonya Denise Battle, 31, was shot dead in the predawn hours of Thursday, August 6, 2015, in East Baltimore’s Oldtown neighborhood. Police were first called about 4:30 a.m. to the 700 block of North Eden Street, where a man later identified as Tranell Dansbury was found with multiple gunshot wounds and later died; not long afterward officers located Battle shot in the head on a street corner in the area of East Monument Street and Aisquith Street, described as the 1200 block of Monument Street, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

In the immediate aftermath investigators released little: no suspect description or known motive was publicly announced, and reporting the next day named the victims but did not describe any arrests or link a suspect to Battle’s killing. The investigation relied on community cooperation, and authorities asked anyone with information to contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

If anyone witnessed activity in Oldtown that morning or has information about these shootings, please come forward to Metro Crime Stoppers.