In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Baltimore, the sounds of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Northwest neighborhood. It was around 12:45 a.m. on May 10, 2015, when police on patrol in the 4100 block of Rockfield Avenue heard the shots. Responding to the scene, they discovered a man suffering from several gunshot wounds. The victim was identified as 29-year-old Ivan Anthony Mcbroom.
He was rushed to a local hospital, but his injuries proved to be fatal, and he was pronounced dead.
Ivan, known to his friends and family as '2 Fatz,' was a father of two children. Remembered as a funny and family-oriented man who worked as a used car salesman, his sudden and violent death was a shock to those who knew him. He had attended North Western High School and his last known address was in the 5400 block of Lynnview Avenue.
The shooting was one of several violent incidents that occurred in Baltimore over that weekend. In the aftermath of his death, authorities sought clues and information from the public to piece together the events that led to the shooting.
Despite the initial investigation and the passage of time, publicly available information regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the murder of Ivan Mcbroom has not been forthcoming. The case remains one of many unsolved homicides in the city, leaving a family without answers and a community scarred by the loss. The motive behind the shooting also remains unclear from available online sources.
