On the afternoon of March 21, 2023, a verbal argument on the 2100 block of Edmondson Avenue in Baltimore escalated and 33-year-old Terence Avery Cheatham Sr. was fatally shot. Officers arrived about 2:51 p.m.; Cheatham was found suffering gunshot wounds, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead.

Investigators focused on 46-year-old Ricky Crenshaw after a witness’s cell phone video captured the moments leading up to the shooting. The video, while not showing the shooting itself, showed Crenshaw with a gun as Cheatham attempted to flee and captured the sound of gunfire; Crenshaw’s vehicle and distinctive items such as his watch, sunglasses, mask, and pinky ring were also visible. Detectives located the vehicle, surveilled Crenshaw’s apartment, and arrested him the next day during a traffic stop where a loaded ghost gun was found. Crenshaw was charged with first-degree murder on March 28, 2023.

The case proceeded to trial in May 2024; a jury convicted Crenshaw of first-degree murder and multiple firearms offenses. In August 2024 he received life in prison plus 37 years; the first 20 years of the life term are to be served without the possibility of parole. Members of Cheatham’s family, including his 13-year-old son, attended the sentencing hearing.

If anyone knew Terence Cheatham or has information about the events on Edmondson Avenue that afternoon, please share what you know.