Rashid Maxwell Jr. was a 15-year-old Black male found with multiple gunshot wounds near Gilmor Elementary School at the intersection of Laurens and North Gilmor Streets in West Baltimore on September 25, 2023. Emergency medical services took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased; the shooting happened less than a month before his 16th birthday. Family remembered Rashid as a happy teen with a big sense of humor who had been looking forward to starting at a new school; his mother was left so distraught she could not return to her home.

Police described the killing as a brutal murder and said homicide detectives had good information. Investigators identified a suspect, Kenden Harrison, who was 15 at the time of the shooting and was arrested and charged with murder. Authorities say surveillance footage showed Harrison with Rashid shortly before the shooting and that the two had arranged to meet for the sale of a firearm; investigators allege Harrison led Rashid out of camera view, shot him in the head and torso, then fled. Witness statements, video, and telephonic communications were cited as reasons detectives focused on Harrison.

Does anyone who knew Rashid or who was in the Laurens and North Gilmor area on September 25, 2023 have information that could help clarify what happened?