Loressa Rose Little, 43, a Black woman from Baltimore, and her husband, Leroy Agnew, were found dead inside a home on the 5200 block of Denmore Avenue after police responded shortly before 1:30 a.m. on October 7, 2014, to reports of suspicious activity. Officers found the front door open and discovered two people who had died from apparent gunshot wounds; homicide detectives said the victims lived at the address and were investigating the events that led to the shooting. Early reports provided few specifics about who had been at the home, whether a struggle or robbery occurred, or whether any shots had been heard by neighbors, leaving many details confined to the street and the case file.

The double killing was later discussed in connection with an earlier, separate January 28, 2014 attack on the same block that left Derrill Crawley dead and Steven Melton wounded; Maryland court records show Avery Little was convicted in that earlier case of second-degree murder and related firearm offenses. Subsequent accounts described Loressa’s name as Loretta in some reports and portrayed her as a reluctant, endangered witness who was forced to her knees and shot execution-style, while noting no charges had been announced in the double homicide at the time. If anyone knew Loressa or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to investigators.