In the winter of 2014, a life was abruptly cut short in a West Baltimore pizza shop. On the afternoon of Monday, December 22nd, Lorne Stockton was inside Black Jack Pizza on Denison Street when an unknown individual entered and opened fire. The shots fatally wounded Stockton in a brazen daytime attack. At the time of his death, Lorne Edan Stockton was approximately 32 years old.
The male victim's death was classified as a homicide by the Baltimore Police Department, which launched an immediate investigation into the shooting. In the initial days and weeks following the incident, authorities reached out to the public for assistance, circulating information about the case in the hopes of generating leads that would point to a suspect. Metro Crime Stoppers also publicized the case, noting that the person responsible for Stockton's death remained unidentified.
Despite the efforts of law enforcement, information regarding any arrests or the identification of a suspect in the murder of Lorne Stockton has not been made publicly available in the years that have passed. The case has grown cold, leaving family, friends, and the community without answers or a sense of justice for the violence that transpired in the pizza shop that December afternoon. The motive behind the shooting and the circumstances that led Lorne Stockton to be at that location at that fateful moment remain unclear, and the identity of his killer is still unknown.
