Antwan Turner was 19 years old when he was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday, December 20, 2015, in the 300 block of North Calvert Street in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department investigated his death, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists it as a homicide. He died alongside a second man, 28-year-old Brandon Holland, who was hurt in the same attack.
Police said officers were called at about 1:50 that morning to an area hospital, where Holland had walked in with multiple stab wounds. WMAR reported that "a short time later 19-year-old Antwan Turner of the 600 block of Yorkshire Drive walked into the hospital with multiple stab wounds to his torso." FOX45 reported that Turner "was stabbed multiple times in the torso and died after arriving to the hospital around 2 a.m." Investigators said the stabbings happened in the 300 block of North Calvert Street, near Mercy Hospital. Both men died from their wounds.
The Baltimore Sun noted that they were the first people killed in the downtown area that year.
Police did not publicly name a suspect or describe a motive. The record does not say whether the two young men were together when they were attacked, whether they knew the person who stabbed them, or whether the attack grew out of an argument or a robbery. Detectives asked the public for help, but no later report of an arrest appears in the saved coverage.
An obituary posted by the Hari P. Close Funeral Service says Antwan Turner was born on August 4, 1996, and was a resident of Baltimore at the time of his death. His visitation and a celebration of life were held on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Holy Temple Holiness Church on West Pratt Street, followed by burial at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens. He was four months past his 19th birthday when he died. Beyond those details, little about his life, his schooling or his plans has been made public, and other men who share his name in other states have no connection to this case.
The 300 block of North Calvert Street lies on the edge of downtown Baltimore, close to Mercy Medical Center and the Mount Vernon neighborhood. By day it is a busy stretch of offices, apartments, churches and courthouses. In the hours after midnight on a weekend, it is much quieter, but people leaving bars, restaurants or late shifts may still pass through, and someone may have seen or heard part of what happened.
After the unrest of 2015, Baltimore recorded more than 300 homicides a year for eight straight years, and the share of killings that ended in an arrest fell sharply.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Antwan Turner could be found in news archives or public records. More than ten years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was near North Calvert Street in the early morning of December 20, 2015, or who heard talk afterward about who attacked Antwan Turner and Brandon Holland, may know something that could still matter. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call Baltimore Police homicide detectives at 410-396-2100, or leave an anonymous tip with Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland at 1-866-7LOCKUP (1-866-756-2587).
