Overview

• Boatright, 55, is wanted in connection with the July 13 killing of 56-year-old Randolph Smith on the 3900 block of Frederick Avenue in Southwest Baltimore.
• Police say officers found Smith shot around 1:30 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
• Mecklenburg County officials said an extradition warrant was dismissed after two continuances and the absence of a Maryland governor’s warrant within the legally allowed detention period.
• Baltimore Police asked anyone with information to call 410-396-2100 or contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
• City data show 106 homicides so far in 2025 compared with 152 at this point in 2024, with the Gun Violence Tracker reporting 475 people shot in the past 12 months and multi-year declines in overall gun-violence victims.