On the evening of January 28, 2023, 23-year-old Maya Morton was waiting in her car with her one- and three-year-old sons for a takeout order on Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore when gunfire erupted near the 1700 block. Morton began to drive away to protect her children but was struck by a bullet and crashed. She died two days later; her boys were hospitalized with injuries from the crash. The shooting also killed 43-year-old Gerald Fowlkes and wounded another person.

Morton was raised in the Upton neighborhood and was remembered by family and friends as sweet and ambitious, a mother who was almost always with her sons. Baltimore police released surveillance photos of several suspects and later arrested two teenagers in March 2023, charging both with two counts of first-degree murder.

Does anyone have information about the night on Pennsylvania Avenue or about the people who might have been involved?