On the evening of January 26, 2022, 24-year-old Ty Stone of the Ferndale area of Baltimore County was found near Hollins Ferry Road and 1st Avenue. Police initially responded to a report described as a cardiac arrest but discovered Stone had suffered an apparent gunshot wound. The scene was treated as a homicide and investigators worked to determine what happened in the moments before he was shot and left there.

Investigators used both Ferndale and the nearby Lansdowne name in early reporting as they sought information. Nearly two months later, Michelle J. Scott and her son Shamal D. Scott were arrested and charged with first-degree murder; authorities said they knew Stone but did not detail the nature of that relationship or a motive. Reports later described additional allegations that Shamal Scott and two others were involved; prosecutors also later said evidence at that point did not support keeping Shamal Scott jailed and he was released. Within days, Shamal Scott was shot and killed in Baltimore City on April 3, 2022, removing him from prosecution and leaving the investigation to proceed without him.

If anyone knew Ty Stone or saw activity near Hollins Ferry Road and 1st Avenue on January 26, 2022, please come forward with what was seen or heard.