Arthur Hardison, a 44-year-old man, was shot on the early winter evening of November 13, 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland, after what investigators described as a dispute that started indoors and spilled out into the street. He had been inside an unidentified business when an argument erupted with another man; moments later, the confrontation turned violent outside on the sidewalk in the unit block of West Patapsco Avenue.
Police and emergency responders were called at about 5:45 p.m.
Detectives said Hardison was found on the sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound to his back. He was rushed to a hospital, but the injury was catastrophic; he died roughly an hour after officers located him.
In the immediate aftermath, investigators detained a person of interest at the scene, but officials did not publicly release that individual’s name or describe any formal charges connected to the killing in the initial reporting. Detectives asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact homicide investigators as they worked to reconstruct the minutes leading up to the gunfire and determine who pulled the trigger.
Public memorial and obituary notices later recorded Hardison’s date of birth as February 11, 1970, and his death on November 13, 2014, with funeral arrangements handled through Arbutus Memorial Park. The publicly available notices did not add investigative details beyond confirming the date and place of death.
