Melvin Lee Sheppard III, a 38-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the evening of September 16, 2024, in the 2700 block of Spelman Road in Baltimore. The shooting occurred at about 7:40 p.m.; emergency responders arrived but Sheppard’s wounds were too severe and he died at the scene. The Baltimore Police Department opened a homicide investigation and is treating the death as a murder.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Sheppard’s movements that evening, contact the Baltimore Police Department with what you know.