Carroll Edward Wonson, a 56-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on August 16, 2024, while walking through a Baltimore neighborhood with his two minor grandchildren. Baltimore Police were called about 6:22 p.m. to the 600 block of Springfield Avenue; officers found Wonson near 602 Springfield Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and torso, and he was pronounced dead at about 6:30 p.m. Surveillance footage showed Wonson and the children entering a nearby convenience store and, after leaving, being approached by a shooter who fired repeatedly. Court reporting described the video as showing the shooter turning the weapon toward the grandchildren after Wonson was shot, forcing the children to flee as their grandfather lay mortally wounded.

Investigators recovered shell casings at the scene and used video evidence to identify Bryant James Peyton as the alleged shooter. Peyton’s father reportedly found a handgun near a fence two days after the killing; a neighbor told investigators Peyton had been seen by that fence gate, and firearms examiners later determined the recovered handgun likely matched the weapon used to kill Wonson. Authorities said Peyton was legally prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a 2024 second-degree assault conviction. By January 24, 2025, Peyton was in Baltimore City Circuit Court facing first-degree murder and related firearms charges; pretrial proceedings were pending.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the group that day or have footage from nearby cameras that could add details about what happened?