Kenneth Lyde, a 31-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the early hours of May 20, 2023, on a street in Baltimore. Police were called about 12:20 a.m. to a shooting in the 700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue and found Lyde unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency medical services took him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead; the cause of death was the gunshot wound.

Baltimore Police Department homicide detectives opened an investigation and are asking anyone with information to contact police or Metro Crime Stoppers. No arrests, suspects, or persons of interest have been publicly identified so far. The family and community continue to await answers.

If anyone has information about what happened to Kenneth Lyde, please contact the Baltimore Police or Metro Crime Stoppers.