In the first minutes after midnight on August 10, 2014, a call for help pulled Baltimore police into the 1600 block of East Madison Street, where gunfire had just torn through the quiet.
Tashawn Roberts, 30, a Black male, had been shot multiple times. Officers arriving at the scene found him gravely wounded, and he was rushed to a hospital as detectives began trying to piece together what happened and why.
For a short while, the outcome hung in the balance, but he later died that day, turning the shooting into a homicide investigation. The only public trail left in the immediate aftermath was the city’s plea for answers, with police urging anyone who knew something to come forward and call detectives.
Public reports about the case do not describe any suspect, name any person of interest, or announce an arrest connected to the killing. A funeral home obituary later confirmed his date of death as August 10, 2014, marking the day his family and friends began planning a farewell instead of a homecoming.
