Lawrence Edwards

In the winter of 2011, a wave of violence swept through Baltimore, claiming multiple lives in a single weekend. Among the victims was a young Black man, 23-year-old Lawrence Edwards. On the night of Friday, December 16, 2011, Edwards was in the 2200 block of Elsinore Avenue in Northwest Baltimore when he was fatally shot.

The shooting was one of several violent incidents that occurred in the city over that weekend, leaving three people dead and others injured. Police were called to the scene where they found Edwards, who had succumbed to his gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide.

Despite the initial investigation into the violent weekend, online sources and news reports available to the public do not contain information regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in connection with the murder of Lawrence Edwards. The case is one of many unsolved homicides that have troubled the city.