Vernon Richards, a 54-year-old Black man from Baltimore, was killed by gunfire on April 1, 2026. The shooting occurred around 1:09 p.m. in the 800 block of North Eutaw Street in the city’s Central District, where officers found two men with apparent gunshot wounds. Richards was one of the two victims; medics transported both to area hospitals and Richards later died, turning the double shooting into a homicide investigation.

The other victim, a 30-year-old man, was also taken for treatment; reports did not name him or provide details about his condition. Authorities did not say whether the two men were specifically targeted together or were victims of the same burst of gunfire. No suspect name or arrest had been announced, and police asked anyone with information to contact Central District detectives or Metro Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone who was in the Central District around North Eutaw Street that afternoon have information that could help investigators?