On a cold January evening in West Baltimore, the aroma of pizza from Blackjack Pizza on Denison Street was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Inside the shop in the 2000 block of the street, 24-year-old David Tyrone Hall and 23-year-old Harry Smith were spending their time on Sunday, January 18, 2015. At approximately 7:15 p.m., an unidentified individual entered the establishment and opened fire on the two men.
The sudden violence left both Hall and Smith with gunshot wounds to their heads and torsos. When police and emergency services arrived at the scene, they found the two young men unresponsive. Both David Tyrone Hall and Harry Smith were pronounced dead at the pizza shop. The assailant had fled the scene before authorities arrived.
In the days that followed, Baltimore police opened an investigation into the double homicide. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, and authorities appealed to the public for any information that could lead to the identity and apprehension of the person responsible. Despite the initial investigation and pleas for witnesses to come forward, no arrests have been publicly announced in the years since the tragic event. The case of who killed David Tyrone Hall and Harry Smith remains unsolved, leaving their families with unanswered questions and a community still searching for justice.
