In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Baltimore, the life of a young woman was tragically cut short. Tereze Pinkney, a 22-year-old Black female, was fatally shot on June 13, 2017. The incident occurred around 2:57 a.m. on the 1200 block of Bonaparte Avenue.
The shooting that claimed Pinkney's life was not an isolated act of violence. It was a quadruple shooting, a grim event that also resulted in the death of 26-year-old Antonio Griffin and left two other individuals wounded.
The hail of bullets in the East Baltimore Midway neighborhood shattered the predawn quiet and left a community grappling with the sudden loss.
Investigations into the brutal slayings eventually pointed to the violent activities of a Baltimore gang known as CCC. In a significant breakthrough, authorities identified Correy Cawthorn, an enforcer for the gang, as being involved in the deadly drive-by shooting. As part of a plea agreement, Cawthorn admitted to his presence during the murders of both Tereze Pinkney and Antonio Griffin, as well as the attempted murders of the two other victims in the car.
For his role in this and other violent crimes, including at least four murders and three attempted murders, Correy "Fat Correy" Cawthorn, 25, was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. While the sentencing brought a measure of justice, it could not erase the profound loss experienced by the families of Tereze Pinkney and the other victims of that violent June morning.
