The afternoon of October 13, 2017, unfolded like so many others in East Baltimore until violence broke the routine in the 900 block of North Eden Street. Police were called to the block just after 3:30 p.m., and when officers arrived they found Daryl A. Singleterry Jr., 43, a Black man, suffering from gunshot wounds.
He was a Baltimore resident associated in public police briefing information with the 3200 block of Ravenwood Road, a detail that anchored him to a neighborhood far from
the place where he was found. The shooting happened quickly, leaving little public explanation of what led to the gunfire, who was nearby, or whether anyone tried to help before police arrived.
Singleterry’s death was recorded as occurring that same day, October 13, 2017. In the aftermath, the record that remains publicly visible is spare and heavy: a date, a location, and a life reduced to a line in the city’s grim toll.
In the years since, no publicly available official announcements tied to this case have identified a suspect, described an arrest, or outlined charges in connection with his killing. Instead, what persists is the silence common to unsolved street violence—an address where it happened, and the enduring gap where answers should be.
