On the evening of October 20, 2025, Stephen Phillips, 35, was fatally shot while sitting in a parked car on the 1000 block of Cameron Road in northeast Baltimore. The attack occurred about 10:27 p.m., when an unknown assailant or assailants opened fire into the vehicle. Stephen’s 31-year-old sister, who was seven and a half months pregnant, was also wounded and taken to hospital; she was expected to survive. Her baby was later born nine weeks premature and unharmed by the shooting.

Stephen died at the hospital; his mother, whose 55th birthday fell that day, mourned him publicly and said he was a computer whiz who had taught himself five languages. The Baltimore Police Department has classified the incident as a homicide, opened an investigation, and asked the public for information. No arrests have been announced and the motive remains unclear.

If anyone saw activity on Cameron Road that night or has information about who opened fire, please share what you know with investigators.