Baltimore recorded its first homicide of 2025 when Richie Juan Briggs Sr., a 36-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on January 9. Police were called about 3:10 p.m. to the 5900 block of Daywalt Avenue in the city’s northeast; officers found Briggs suffering multiple gunshot wounds and medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives opened an immediate investigation. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified, and the Baltimore Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit or Metro Crime Stoppers. Briggs, born February 18, 1988, was a father of five sons; funeral services were held at Mt. Pleasant Church and he was buried at St. Stanislaus Cemetery.

If anyone knew Richie, was in the area that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, can you share what you know with detectives?