Michael Ariel Chacon Nataren was 18 when he was fatally shot on the evening of March 16, 2024, on the 200 block of South Linwood Avenue in Baltimore. The shooting was one of several homicides in the city that week and prompted a homicide investigation as police sought to reconstruct what happened that night.

For months there were no public developments and the family mourned; an obituary described Michael as a devoted son and a beloved brother and friend. Federal authorities later connected the killing to an MS-13 clique called the Centrales Locos Salvatrucha, alleging Michael was targeted because they believed he had ties to a rival gang. Surveillance footage reportedly captured the gunmen fleeing through Patterson Park and getting into a getaway vehicle, evidence cited in a later federal indictment.

Anyone who knew Michael, saw activity on South Linwood Avenue on March 16, 2024, or has information about the shooting or the getaway route through Patterson Park is asked to come forward.