On the morning of June 27, 2023, 26-year-old Adrian Hutton was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound on the unit block of South Marlyn Avenue in Essex, Maryland. First responders transported him to a nearby hospital, where he died the next day from his injuries.

The Baltimore County Police Department opened a homicide investigation and canvassed for information. That inquiry led to the arrest of 46-year-old Matthew Wright on July 17, 2023; Wright was charged with second-degree murder and held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center. No motive has been made public.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on South Marlyn Avenue or has information about events that morning, please share what is known with investigators.