Alvin Ray Henry, 35, was fatally shot in Baltimore on the night of March 2, 2024. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found him with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1400 block of East Biddle Street at about 11:39 p.m.; he was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital and pronounced dead.

Detectives identified 36-year-old Derrell Goines as a suspect and arrested him on charges of first-degree murder and firearm use in a felony or violent crime after surveillance video and ballistic evidence connected him to the shooting. At trial, testimony established the shooting followed a dispute at a birthday party; Goines’ defense said he, a licensed firearm owner with no criminal record, acted in self-defense, alleging Henry had been intoxicated and pointed a gun at him.

The jury acquitted Goines of both charges on September 11, 2025. Did anyone who attended that birthday party or who knew either man see what happened that night?