In the early hours of a Thursday morning in June 2013, violence shattered the relative quiet of a West Baltimore neighborhood. Andre Cox, a 33-year-old man, was caught in a hail of bullets in a triple shooting that ultimately claimed his life and that of another man, Corey Gibson. The incident occurred at approximately 1 a.m. in the 2900 block of West North Avenue.
Emergency services responded to the scene of the shooting, but the injuries sustained by Cox and Gibson were too severe. A third individual was also wounded in the attack but survived. The event was officially recorded as a double homicide, adding to the city's grim tally of violent deaths for the year.
Details regarding the motive for the shooting or any potential suspects were not immediately made public. News reports at the time focused on the tragic loss of two lives. Andre Cox himself had a previous brush with the law; he had been charged in connection with a 2007 kidnapping and murder. However, the charges against him in that case were ultimately dropped in early 2011.
Despite the violent nature of the crime, information regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the murders of Andre Cox and Corey Gibson is not available in the online sources covering the incident. The case, like many others, leaves a painful void for the families and a community grappling with the persistent specter of gun violence.
