In the early hours of May 27, 2024, gunfire on the 2700 block of West Fairmont Avenue in Baltimore’s Shipley Hill neighborhood left 41-year-old Corey Robinson dead. Officers found Robinson around 12:40 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds to his neck, torso, and leg; he was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and pronounced dead about 40 minutes after arrival.

Robinson was known locally as a creative fruit design artist. Investigators say the deadly encounter began when he confronted a man allegedly trying to steal from his car; that confrontation escalated and became a homicide. A suspect, JaJuan Smith, 34, surrendered to police weeks later and was charged with first- and second-degree murder plus related firearm counts, but those charges were dismissed on May 12, 2025, after prosecutors said key eyewitnesses could not be located.

Anyone with information about Robinson, the shooting, or possible witnesses is asked to come forward.