On the evening of August 12, 2022, William Ferebee, a 24-year-old man, was fatally shot while sitting in a parked vehicle in the 4000 block of Wabash Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Another man, 23-year-old Leion Davis Jr., was also killed in the attack. The shooting occurred at approximately 8:33 p.m. An eyewitness reported seeing a red, four-door vehicle with tinted windows fleeing the scene immediately after the gunshots. Investigators later recovered 25 9mm and.
40 caliber casings outside the victims' vehicle, with an additional three. 40 caliber casings found inside.
The investigation into the double homicide led police to Datuan Blanchard, who was identified as the driver for the group that carried out the killings. The getaway vehicle, a red 2008 Acura, was reported stolen by a woman shortly after the murders. However, detectives discovered that she had made a false report at Blanchard's instruction. She later admitted that Blanchard had called her and told her to report the car stolen, and she overheard his cousin in the background of the call. Three days after the killings, Blanchard confessed to her that he and two associates were responsible for the double homicide, revealing he was the driver and that they had done it for money. As part of a plea agreement, the woman pled guilty to accessory after the fact and testified against Blanchard. Further evidence against Blanchard included historical cell phone records that placed his phone in the vicinity of the crime scene minutes before the murders and then a considerable distance away shortly after. The vehicle used in the crime was found burned at 11:00 p.m. on the night of the murders in the 1200 block of N. Franklintown Road.
In June 2024, a Baltimore City jury convicted Datuan Blanchard on all charges related to the fatal shootings of William Ferebee and Leion Davis Jr. On September 12, 2024, Blanchard was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. At the time of the murders, Blanchard was 22 years old. It was revealed that the murders were a contract killing. The prosecutor in the case stated that the investigation into other perpetrators involved in the murders, as well as other contract killings in Baltimore, is ongoing. William Ferebee, who was his mother's only child, was remembered as someone who loved sports and had dreams of owning a landscaping business.
