Delmyn Javier Lopez Ortiz, a 39-year-old Hispanic man originally from Honduras, was fatally shot after an apparent robbery on the night of March 10, 2023. The shooting happened about 9:59 p.m. in the 4000 block of East Pratt Street in Baltimore’s Baltimore Highlands neighborhood. He had been outside a restaurant where he’d gone to play pool when he was reportedly assaulted and shot.

Officers from the Southeast District found Lopez Ortiz with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a hospital. He died of his injuries three days later, on March 13, 2023, and the case was classified as a homicide; Southeast District shooting detectives are handling the investigation. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the assault and shooting, please contact Southeast District shooting detectives or submit an anonymous tip through Metro Crime Stoppers.