Paul Lee, a 33-year-old Black man and father of a 10-year-old son, was shot in the lobby of the Johnston Square Apartments on East Preston Street on November 13, 2024. Baltimore police were dispatched about 8:50 a.m.; Lee was found with a gunshot wound, taken toward a nearby hospital, and died en route. He had lived in the building for two years and is remembered by family as a devoted father and a man of his word.

Investigators later identified 62-year-old fellow resident Tyrone Kirby Epps as the suspect. Court documents show Epps had been wanted on an outstanding warrant for a May 2024 felony assault and home invasion that was never served; that warrant listed the same apartment building as his address. Lobby surveillance footage reportedly captured a verbal altercation between Lee and Epps that escalated and led to Epps allegedly drawing a firearm and shooting Lee. Epps was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; reports say he had a criminal history going back to 1998 and made a call on the morning of the shooting admitting the killing and saying he was too old for jail.

Does anyone who lived at Johnston Square Apartments in November 2024 have information about the dispute or the people involved?