John Crowder was 17 when he was shot and killed in the early hours of July 5, 2010, in East Baltimore. A nationally ranked basketball prospect, 6 feet 7 inches tall, he was found bleeding on a sidewalk not far from the home of his grandmother, who had raised him. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital and died a few hours later; police reported drugs were found in his possession.

Crowder had attracted college recruiting attention since eighth grade and played for Our Lady of Mount Carmel after transferring from Towson Catholic. His mother died when he was a toddler and his father was largely absent. Family and coaches said he was drawn to the street life of his neighborhood; he had past juvenile encounters, including a drug charge at 15, and had lived with relatives and attended a Texas prep school before returning to his grandmother’s home six weeks before he was killed. One report says a cousin and a friend who were with him were also shot that night.

Baltimore police announced they had not identified any suspects and no arrests were reported. Does anyone have information about John Crowder or that night in East Baltimore?