Jose Castron-Merales, a 38-year-old Hispanic man, was killed late the night of April 6, 2024, in Baltimore’s Southeastern District on the 3700 block of East Lombard Street. Police were called about 11:34 p.m. after reports of gunfire; officers found two adult men with gunshot wounds. Medics pronounced Castron-Merales dead at the scene. A second man was conscious and taken to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation immediately, treating the shooting as a targeted act and relying on the surviving victim and potential witnesses to reconstruct what happened. Early reports did not identify any suspect or announce arrests, nor did they describe a recovered weapon or a motive. If anyone who was near East Lombard Street that night heard, saw, or recorded anything useful, police investigators want to hear from you.