Joshua David Tingler, 38, known in his community as the boxer Showtime, was fatally shot in the head on the evening of April 19, 2023, in the 1900 block of Grinnalds Avenue in Southwest Baltimore. Police found him at the scene around 9 p.m.; he was pronounced dead there. A second man, 42, was also shot and later taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Tingler was a Baltimore native, the son of Michael and Mary Lena Tingler, and is survived by his son, Joshua Tingler, Jr. Friends and family remember him for an energetic, entertaining personality and for using boxing to overcome a period of addiction; they held a vigil after his death and invoked his philosophy of guns down, gloves up. Metro Crime Stoppers is offering up to an $8,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced; investigators continue to seek information. If anyone knew Joshua or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators or Crime Stoppers.