On the night of July 4, 2025, a dispute on the 3500 block of Esther Place in Southeast Baltimore ended in the shooting death of 38-year-old Aaron Hill. Officers who responded to multiple calls of gunfire found Hill suffering from a gunshot wound; medics pronounced him dead at the scene at about 11:51 p.m.

The Baltimore Police Department opened a homicide investigation and on July 7, 2025, arrested 36-year-old Davon Kelly of Rosedale, Maryland. Kelly was taken to the Central Booking Intake Facility and charged with first- and second-degree murder; police say the shooting arose from a dispute between the two men.

Anyone who has information about what happened that night or knew Aaron Hill is asked to contact the Baltimore Police Department’s Homicide detectives.