Lamarge Antoine Prettyman Jr., a 20-year-old male, was killed in the earliest hours of August 25, 2023, after gunfire erupted at an apartment building in the 7800 block of Bruton Court in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Just before 1 a.m., police were called in and hurried into the building, where they found him and another man wounded by gunshots.
First responders tried to save him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities identified him as being from Baltimore, and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for examination as detectives began piecing together what led to the shooting.
Investigators said the violence unfolded in or near a hallway outside an apartment, where three men were together when someone opened fire. One of the group was struck but survived, a 23-year-old who was taken to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening. The third man with them was not hurt.
In the immediate aftermath, the shooter slipped away, leaving behind a scene that offered more questions than answers. Police described the suspect only as an unknown person who fled right after the shots were fired, and early reports did not include a motive or any identifying details that could explain why the group was targeted.
Public updates around the case have emphasized the search for information, with detectives asking anyone who saw something that night or knows what happened to come forward. In the sources describing the investigation, no arrests, named suspects, or charges were announced in connection with Prettyman’s death.
