On June 3, 2023, 27-year-old Jeremy Maldonado was shot during a gathering near the 5900 block of Eastern Avenue in Baltimore. Patrol officers reported hearing gunshots at about 4:24 p.m.; Maldonado was found with multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds and was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he died a short time later. A 29-year-old man at the same gathering was also shot but survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told investigators that Maldonado had become highly intoxicated and was waving a firearm, prompting a confrontation. Police arrested 36-year-old Jose Flomenco Reyes in the 400 block of Drew Street and charged him with first-degree murder, accused of leaving the party, retrieving an AR-15, and returning to open fire. A later ballistics comparison and autopsy review showed the fatal wounds were produced by a 9mm handgun, not the shotgun linked to Flamenco-Reyes; the murder, attempted murder, and first-degree assault charges against him were dropped, and he pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered short-barreled shotgun.

Who was carrying the 9mm handgun that killed Jeremy, and can anyone who was at that gathering help fill in what happened?