On the evening of Friday, July 19, 2024, 12-year-old Breaunna Cormley was shot and killed inside a home in the 500 block of North Kenwood Avenue in Baltimore. Police arrived around 8:13 p.m. and found Breaunna on the first floor with fatal gunshot wounds; officers and medics performed CPR but she was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy later attributed her death to two close-range gunshot wounds to the neck and head.

Investigators focused on 28-year-old Omar Passmore, the boyfriend of Breaunna’s mother, who was reportedly alone in the residence with the girl when witnesses heard loud yelling before the gunfire. Passmore was seen sitting on the home’s front steps and left on foot; he was arrested two days later in Baltimore County and found with a backpack that contained a loaded .380 caliber handgun that forensic testing later linked to the shooting. Court records show the mother previously obtained a protective order against Passmore.

Neighbors described Breaunna as a quiet, sweet and respectful older sibling who loved to play basketball. If anyone saw or heard anything around North Kenwood Avenue on the night of July 19, 2024, please share information with investigators.