On the early morning of September 7, 2023, 38-year-old Daniel Taylor was found on Presbury Street in Baltimore suffering from multiple gunshot and stab wounds. A ShotSpotter alert had sent Western District officers to the 1700 block of McKean Avenue; Taylor was discovered in the 1800 block of Presbury Street and was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner listed the cause of death as combined gunshot and stab wounds.

Prosecutors say Taylor was shot 14 times, two of those shots described as rapidly fatal, and that surveillance footage from a nearby liquor store captured a man stabbing Taylor in the neck and upper back after the shooting. Investigators later arrested 37-year-old Kenneth Mackay during a traffic stop on October 9, 2023; he was charged with first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon with the intent to injure.

At trial the prosecution presented the surveillance video and pointed to defensive wounds on Taylor’s hand. The defense argued Taylor was already dead from the gunshots when the stab wounds were inflicted and noted the shooter or shooters remained unidentified. The jury convicted Mackay of first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon. Did anyone in the neighborhood see activity near McKean Avenue or Presbury Street that night?