Amari Tydings was a 26-year-old Black woman and lifelong Anne Arundel County resident who worked as a pharmacy technician at Walgreens and was raising a young daughter she called her greatest joy. She graduated from Annapolis High School in 2015 and studied in the Dental Assistance Program at Anne Arundel Community College.

On the evening of June 3, 2023, just after 10:00 p.m., officers responded to reports of shots fired in the Harbor House community in the Eastport neighborhood. In the 1100 block of Madison Street they found a car that had jumped a curb; Amari was inside with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Prosecutors later said she was not the intended target and someone else had been expected to be driving the car.

Detectives identified a suspect, 19-year-old Dyamonick Gray of Severn. He was arrested on June 9, 2023, and charged with first-degree murder and related firearm offenses. In February 2024 Gray pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and firearm charges; on April 2, 2024, he was sentenced to a lengthy term. Does anyone who knew Amari or who was in Eastport that night have information to share?