On Friday afternoon, September 8, 2023, 18-year-old Tre’on Hunt was shot and killed around 2:10 p.m. in the 1900 block of Copeland Street in Annapolis, Maryland. Hunt, an African American senior at the Phoenix Academy who lived in Glen Burnie, was found by Annapolis officers and pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting occurred in the Bywater Mutual Homes neighborhood, close to a school bus stop, and forced rerouting of student drop-offs while police secured and investigated the area.

Hunt’s death was the ninth homicide in Annapolis that year and the second fatal shooting on that block within two months, raising alarm about a possible pattern of violence. Police said detectives were reviewing camera footage, interviewing witnesses and canvassing the neighborhood; no arrests had been announced and investigators described persons of interest, noting both the victim and those of interest were teenagers. If anyone has information that could help bring justice for Tre’on Hunt and his family, please contact the Annapolis Police Department.