Robert Lee Jr. Hardy was 33 when he was shot and killed on the evening of August 17, 2012, in a residential neighborhood in Baltimore. Responding officers found him at the scene and he was pronounced dead. The killing occurred during a year the city was already experiencing elevated violence.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation but encountered very little information to work with. No suspects were publicly identified in the immediate aftermath, and a lack of witness cooperation hindered efforts to develop leads. As time passed the case grew cold and remains unsolved in the Baltimore Police Department files.

Hardy’s death left his family without answers and became one of many unresolved homicides from that violent year in the city. If anyone has information about what happened on the evening of August 17, 2012, or knew Robert Lee Jr. Hardy, please come forward.