William Womack, a 30-year-old father of two girls, was fatally shot on a Maryland Transit Administration bus in downtown Baltimore on November 30, 2024. The shooting took place in the unit block of South Eutaw Street after a brief altercation began when Womack bent to pick up a dropped bottle while exiting the bus and bumped into 61-year-old James Richburg. Witnesses say an argument followed when Womack reportedly did not apologize; after Womack re-entered the bus, Richburg shot him in the chest at near-point-blank range. Womack was unarmed and later died at a local hospital.

Surveillance images were released and, on December 9, 2024, Richburg was arrested without incident while riding another MTA bus in the 1600 block of North Fulton Avenue and charged with first-degree murder. At trial Richburg claimed self-defense, saying he feared for his life and that Womack acted erratically, while prosecutors described the shooting as a violent reaction to a trivial dispute. Does anyone have information about Womack’s last hours or the moments on the bus that evening?