Overview
- Baltimore police announced that a 15-year-old boy surrendered to authorities and faces a first-degree murder charge in the February killing of 15-year-old Tyonna Pierce.
- Officers found Pierce with a gunshot wound inside a West Baltimore home on Druid Hill Avenue on Feb. 15 and she later died at a hospital.
- Local reports differ on the exact surrender date, with outlets citing May 23 and May 26 as the day the suspect turned himself in after detectives obtained a warrant.
- Pierce was a freshman at Digital Harbor High School and her family held a memorial after her death; relatives told local reporters she was quiet and close to friends and cousins.
- The arrest comes as city data reported by the mayor's office show notable drops in several violent-crime categories for May, including a reported decline in homicides.