Darius Shields was an 18-year-old resident of the Brooklyn neighborhood of South Baltimore when he became the city’s first homicide victim of 2013. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Friday, January 11, officers found Shields in the 500 block of East Patapsco Avenue with a single gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center but was pronounced dead at 8:29 p.m.

Baltimore police reported searching for two male suspects described by witnesses as wearing dark clothing. No arrests, charges, or convictions have been publicly announced and the motive and full circumstances of the shooting remain unclear.

If anyone saw activity on East Patapsco Avenue that evening or has information about the two men described, please share what is known with investigators.