On the evening of January 26, 2022, Ty Stone, a 24-year-old man from the Ferndale area of Baltimore County, was found near the intersection of Hollins Ferry Road and 1st Avenue after police were dispatched for what was first described as a cardiac-arrest call. When officers arrived, they instead discovered he had suffered an apparent gunshot wound. The scene shifted quickly from medical emergency to homicide investigation as detectives tried to piece together what had happened in the moments before he was shot and left there.
As word spread, the location was often described as Lansdowne, a nearby community name used in initial reporting, and investigators appealed for information while they worked leads behind the scenes. Public details about the shooting itself were limited early on—no clear motive was announced, and investigators kept most of what they learned close as they worked to identify who had been with Stone and why the encounter turned fatal.
Nearly two months later, detectives announced arrests: Michelle J. Scott and her son, Shamal D. Scott, were taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Stone’s killing. Authorities said the Scotts and Stone knew each other, but did not publicly elaborate on what that relationship looked like or what they believed sparked the violence. Both were reported held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson at the time those charges were announced.
Subsequent reporting added further complication to the case, describing allegations that Shamal Scott and two other people were involved in shooting Stone. It also described how prosecutors later indicated there was not enough evidence at that point to keep Shamal Scott jailed while the case continued, and that he was released as the investigation proceeded. Within days, Shamal Scott was shot and killed in Baltimore City on April 3, 2022, ending any possibility that he would face trial in Stone’s death and leaving the remaining case to continue without him.
