A late-night shooting in Southwest Baltimore killed 32-year-old Franklin Hughes on July 2, 2025. Officers responded to a 911 call about gunfire at approximately 11:11 p.m. on the 3000 block of Westfield Avenue and found Hughes with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital and later died; the death was ruled a shooting.

The Baltimore Police Department’s Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Detectives have asked anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or the Metro Crime Stoppers tip line.

If anyone in the neighborhood that night remembers seeing or hearing anything unusual around Westfield Avenue, can you share what you know with investigators?