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Desmond Gardner, 27, was killed in broad daylight on January 26, 2023, in the 3400 block of Spelman Road in Cherry Hill, Baltimore. Gardner was on his lunch break from the Baltimore City Department of Public Works and walking to visit his young daughter when three masked assailants opened fire. More than 20 shots were fired; Gardner, who was unarmed, was shot in the back and pronounced dead at the scene.

Video captured three masked shooters. A break came six days later when Baltimore County Police stopped a potentially stolen vehicle and found 17-year-old Parris Harris inside; officers recovered a handgun from the glove compartment that ballistics linked to the murder. Cell phone data and photos tied Harris to the shoot site and to the weapon, and clothing in the photos matched one shooter seen on video. Investigators also determined a co-conspirator shot one suspect in the leg during the ambush; location data placed Harris near George Washington Hospital, and hospital records showed Andrew Curry, then 21, was treated there for two gunshot wounds to his lower right leg shortly after the killing.

Parris Harris was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges, and Andrew Curry was later found guilty by jury verdict; the third shooter has not been publicly identified. Does anyone have information about the unidentified third suspect or other details that could help complete the timeline?