Garreth Antonio Parks Jr. was shot and killed on the evening of March 31, 2026, the day he turned 43. The shooting occurred about 10:18 p.m. in a parking lot in the 3700 block of West Belvedere Avenue in Baltimore. Officers found Parks in his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the neck; his girlfriend was at the scene applying pressure before he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

According to the girlfriend’s statement to police, Parks had stepped out of the car to speak with a friend and then returned when another vehicle pulled up alongside them. The girlfriend reported that the vehicle was driven by Parks’ estranged wife, Rene Parks, who fired a single shot from a purple handgun that struck Garreth in the neck and then fled. Detectives classified the incident as a domestic-related dispute.

Police arrested 49-year-old Rene Parks at her Baltimore County home on April 1, 2026; she was booked and charged with first- and second-degree murder, assault, and multiple handgun violations.