In the early morning hours of a Sunday in June 2024, 17-year-old Nestor Vladimir Nunez Zelaya of Owings Mills was found on Hammershire Road in Reisterstown with multiple gunshot wounds. His family remembered him as a young man full of life and kindness; residents reported hearing gunfire around 1:00 a.m., including one neighbor who recalled four shots before silence. Two loud parties were reported nearby before the shooting.

Nestor’s body was discovered about five and a half hours after the shots were heard, leaving the community shaken and worried about safety in a neighborhood described as previously peaceful. Baltimore County police opened a homicide investigation, and no suspects had been publicly identified or arrested in initial reports. Metro Crime Stoppers offered a $2,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.

If anyone knew Nestor or saw activity on Hammershire Road that night, will you contact the Baltimore County police or Metro Crime Stoppers?