In the spring of 2017, the life of 18-year-old Steven Jackson was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore. A student at The Excel Academy at Frances M. Wood School, he was on the verge of graduation. Known by friends and family as a humble teenager who never gave up, his sudden death sent ripples of grief through his community.
On the night of Saturday, April 29, 2017, police responded to a call at the intersection of Baltimore and Carey Streets.
There they found Steven with a gunshot wound to his head. Just a short distance away, on Stockton Street, another man, 29-year-old Larry Lawson, was discovered with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Both men were rushed to a local trauma center, but their injuries proved to be fatal, and they died shortly after arriving. The double homicide was part of a violent weekend in the city that saw multiple fatalities in a short span of time.
In the aftermath of the shooting, details about what transpired and who was responsible remained scarce. The Baltimore Police Department investigated the incident, which was one of several homicides that weekend, prompting heightened alerts and increased patrols across the city. As of the initial reports, no arrests had been made in connection with the deaths of Steven Jackson and Larry Lawson, and police were seeking information from the public to help piece together the events of that fatal night. The case left a community mourning the loss of a young man on the cusp of his future.
