Baltimore police release new photo in Federal Hill triple shooting probe

Baltimore police released a new photo Tuesday as they tried to identify a woman connected to the Federal Hill triple shooting that killed Curtis Lee Knox and injured two other men near the 1000 block of South Hanover Street. The case has shaken a nightlife-heavy stretch of South Baltimore, where restaurant traffic, Cross Street Market and late-night crowds are now colliding with a homicide investigation that still has major gaps.

Police said officers responded to the block at about 2:50 to 2:51 a.m. on June 6 and found three men with gunshot wounds. Knox, 41, died, while the other victims, ages 40 and 35, survived with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Investigators have not said exactly how each person seen in available photos fit into the shooting, but they did say the woman in the newest image is someone they want to speak with, not someone they have publicly labeled a suspect.

The latest release follows an earlier appeal that sought to identify two women. Police later said those two women had been identified, but they still had not explained their roles in the shooting. Surveillance video reportedly captured the incident around 2:50 a.m., including the sound of gunfire, people running and officers arriving, a sequence that suggests detectives are still piecing together who was present before the shots rang out and who may have seen what happened.

That kind of evidence makes witness cooperation central to the case. Baltimore police asked anyone with information to contact homicide detectives at 410-396-2499 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP. The department’s public crime map, which is updated regularly and covers the past 365 days, can also help residents track how this case fits into recent neighborhood crime patterns.

The shooting landed during a tense stretch for the city. Local reporting said Baltimore recorded 14 shooting victims over a four-day period beginning June 4, including two triple shootings. In Federal Hill, the violence has added to concerns that have been building around the blocks near Cross Street Market. Jen Covino, the public safety chair of the Federal Hill Neighborhood Association, said there had been four homicides within a one-block vicinity of Cross Street Market over the prior 15 months, a sign of how deeply this case has unsettled a neighborhood better known for dining and foot traffic than for homicide scenes.

For Federal Hill, the question now is not only who fired the shots, but whether surveillance gaps, witness hesitation or other missing pieces will keep the case from being fully explained.