On the evening of January 20, 2023, 19-year-old Dion L. Brandon Jr. was found in the 500 block of Richwood Avenue in Baltimore suffering from gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. Police located him at about 8:30 p.m.; he was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital but died a short time later. A second man, 22, was found with gunshot wounds to his arm and abdomen in the 4800 block of York Road and was hospitalized in serious condition.

Brandon’s family held a viewing on February 6, 2023, at Vaughn Greene Funeral Services in Randallstown, followed by a homegoing celebration and burial at Arbutus Memorial Park Cemetery. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide detectives continue to investigate.