Eric Howard Howard

In the early hours of a late spring morning in Baltimore, a sense of stillness hung in the air, soon to be shattered by an act of violence that would forever alter a family's world. On May 31, 2014, Eric Howard, a 47-year-old Black male, was enjoying the quiet solitude on the front porch of his home at 100 Denison Street. It was a place where he likely felt safe, a familiar space in his own neighborhood.

The tranquility was abruptly broken when a van, reportedly carrying two men, pulled u ...