Melvin David Rogers, a 43-year-old Black man and lifelong Baltimore resident born July 19, 1981, was shot and killed on September 29, 2024. Police responded at about 11:17 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 1800 block of Wilhelm Street and found Rogers with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. His family held a viewing and funeral in mid-October, and he was buried at Arbutus Memorial Park.

Baltimore Police detectives identified a suspect and on October 5, 2024, Central District officers arrested 31-year-old Uriah Cunningham. He was charged with first-degree murder and multiple firearm offenses and taken to the Central Booking Intake Facility. In February 2025 Cunningham, then 32, appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court and rejected a plea offer that would have carried a 55-year sentence; a four-day trial is scheduled to begin in April.

Does anyone have information about the Wilhelm Street shooting or knew Melvin Rogers and can help fill in what happened that night?