On the afternoon of March 5, 2023, 47-year-old Tavone Calvin Cotten was found with what appeared to be a gunshot wound in the 4100 block of Wilkens Avenue in the Arbutus area of Baltimore County. Police arrived around 12:15 p.m.; Cotten was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives are investigating, and no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified as the inquiry continues.

Cotten, born December 3, 1975, was a Baltimore native and the father of three sons: Terell, Tyrone, and Taj. He earned a GED through Job Corps, worked as a deli clerk at a Giant Food Market, and had cared for his ailing father until that parent’s death the year before. The community and his family are still waiting for answers about what happened that day.

If anyone knew Tavone, saw activity on Wilkens Avenue that afternoon, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.