In the early hours of July 19, 2007, 27-year-old Donte Lamont Chase, a Black male, was found in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting occurred in an area already struggling with violence that year, and emergency responders declared him deceased before he could be treated.

Investigators faced immediate barriers. Park Heights’ environment of fear and a reluctance among potential witnesses to speak created a wall of silence that hindered detectives from developing leads. Over time the investigation went cold: no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The case remains open and unresolved, a continuing hardship for Chase’s family.

If anyone recalls seeing or hearing anything about this shooting on July 19, 2007, in Park Heights, please share what you know with the Baltimore Police.