A midday shooting in Baltimore left 42-year-old Julius Tyrone Johnson Jr. dead. On June 16, 2023, a ShotSpotter alert brought officers to the area; police found Johnson in the 2500 block of West Lexington Street with life-threatening gunshot wounds after reports of gunfire in the 200 block of North Warwick Avenue. Emergency medical personnel transported him to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he later died.

Homicide detectives with the Baltimore Police Department are handling the investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The circumstances leading up to the shooting and any possible motive have not been disclosed.

If anyone has information about Johnson, his movements that afternoon, or the events on North Warwick Avenue or West Lexington Street, please share what is known with investigators.