On the evening of April 3, 2023, 21-year-old Edgar Ernesto Bonilla, a Hispanic male, was found on a porch in the 400 block of Imla Street in Baltimore with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. Medics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officers had been dispatched at about 7:30 p.m. after a report of a shooting.

Detectives determined the actual scene of the crime was the 6300 block of Eastern Avenue, near a 7-Eleven. Surveillance footage showed a man identified as 20-year-old Kerin Aviles-Alvarez inside the store shortly before Bonilla left. Additional video captured Aviles-Alvarez and three others following Bonilla as he exited, then showed Aviles-Alvarez raising his hand before running down an alley. A 9mm handgun was later recovered from a trashcan in that alley and a warrant was issued for Aviles-Alvarez’s arrest.

Aviles-Alvarez was located and taken into custody on July 11, 2023, and charged with first-degree murder and handgun violations. Bonilla’s family described the pain of his loss. Did anyone in the area on April 3 see anything that could help clarify what happened that evening?