Tyrone Earl Nelson, a 45-year-old Black man from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, died after a late-night shooting in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Police responded just before 11:00 p.m. to the 300 block of North Jonathan Street and found Nelson with gunshot wounds; he was taken to Meritus Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Investigators say the shooting grew out of a personal dispute between Nelson and an acquaintance. Surveillance footage recorded the encounter: a disagreement that turned into a fight, then showed the other man draw a gun while Nelson clutched his chest as smoke issued from the weapon. Detectives and the Western Maryland Regional Crime Lab processed the scene and identified the suspect as 24-year-old Hagerstown resident Brian Anthony Stuart.

Stuart surrendered to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at about 2:00 a.m. on August 2 and was arrested on multiple charges tied to Nelson’s death, including murder, assault, reckless endangerment and handgun violations. Anyone with information about Tyrone Nelson or the events that night is asked to come forward.