In the winter of 2014, the life of 20-year-old Dalontae Harper, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of January 12th, he was fatally shot in the 3600 block of Reisterstown Road in the Northwest district of the city. His death was one of two homicides to occur in that area on the same night, contributing to a particularly violent start to the year in Baltimore.
Dalontae, born on November 9, 1993, was a father to a young daughter.
Remembered by loved ones as overprotective, silly, and loyal, he had attended Frederick Douglass and Forest Park High Schools. He enjoyed riding dirt bikes, drawing, playing basketball, and listening to music. His sudden death left his family, including his mother, fathers, siblings, and daughter, devastated. In the wake of his killing, community members and activists gathered for a vigil near the site of the shooting on Reisterstown Road to mourn his loss and speak out against the violence affecting their neighborhood.
The investigation into Dalontae Harper's murder was handled by the Baltimore Police Department. However, information regarding any specific suspects or arrests in connection with his case has not been made publicly available through online sources. His death was part of a wave of homicides that plagued Baltimore in January 2014, a month that saw a significant number of killings, the majority of which involved African American victims. While arrests were made in some of the other homicides that occurred that month, the case of who killed Dalontae Harper appears to remain unresolved in the public record.
