Police arrest repeat offender in Baltimore shooting that killed 12-year-old girl

A 23-year-old with a prior gun conviction is under arrest in the killing of Baltimore 12-year-old Khloe Ishway, but police say another suspect is still free.

Detectives took Tyree Reynolds into custody in connection with the fatal shooting at Leon Day Park, and he now faces several charges including murder and attempted murder. The announcement landed just hours before a candlelight vigil for the child on Tuesday night in southwest Baltimore.

FOX45 reported that Khloe was fatally caught in the crossfire last Saturday just after 6 p.m. on North Franklintown Road. Four other people were hurt. Police said the gunfire grew out of an apparent argument over a parking spot.

Investigators believe Reynolds and another man traded shots. One man is locked up. The other remains on the loose. A police spokesperson said Tuesday the investigation is open and ongoing. Cases like this fit a grim pattern of Baltimore child killings that leave families demanding answers.

Khloe’s mother learned of the arrest on social media

Kristin Reese, Khloe’s mother, reacted at the Leon Day Park vigil after seeing the news online. She did not hide her relief that someone had finally been brought in.

Reese told reporters:

"Thank God."

She said the crowd around the shooting made silence almost impossible, and she expected a tip to surface.

Reese continued:

"I knew someone was come forward. It was too many people....for somebody not to say something. So, I'm grateful for that,"

Asked whether police would catch the second man, she pressed the same point again. Witnesses, she insisted, still hold the key.

Reese said:

"Yes, I'm sure they will. Someone seen something, someone if you seen something, say something, someone seen something,"

Her plea is plain. A child is dead. One suspect sits in custody. Another is still walking free while a mother waits for the next knock on a door.

Reynolds already carried a 2021 gun conviction

Reynolds is 23. He is not a first-time brush with serious violence. Through media partners at The Baltimore Sun, FOX45 learned he was convicted in 2021 of first-degree assault and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A court sentenced him to five years.

That record matters. A man already punished for assault with a gun is now charged in a park shooting that killed a sixth-grader and wounded four more people. City leaders can issue statements. Families live with the body count. The same street chaos shows up in wider debates over youth violence trends that keep putting children in the line of fire.

Mayor Brandon Scott and Police Commissioner Richard Worley put out a joint statement confirming the arrest and the murder and attempted murder charges. Detectives had been looking for two suspects. They got one. The second man is still at large.

Parking-spot fight, dead child, open case

The timeline is short and ugly. Last Saturday evening, an argument over a parking spot at Leon Day Park turned into an exchange of gunfire. Khloe Ishway, 12, was caught in the middle and killed. Four others went down injured. By Tuesday, police had Reynolds in custody and the neighborhood was holding a vigil at the same park.

No charging affidavit or full docket list appears in the public account beyond the murder and attempted murder counts named by city leaders. The other suspect’s identity has not been released. The names and conditions of the four wounded people were not detailed either. What is clear is the human result: a little girl dead after adults chose guns over walking away.

Arrests after child murders should not feel rare. Comparable cases keep stacking up, from local street killings to other states where a murder arrest only comes after a family already paid the price. Speed matters. So does keeping violent offenders from cycling back onto the same blocks.

Baltimore police say the probe continues. Reynolds is charged. The second man is not in hand. Reese is left urging anyone who saw the shooting to speak up before another family stands in a park with candles.

When repeat gun offenders walk free long enough to face new murder counts, and a parking dispute ends with a 12-year-old killed in crossfire, soft policy and slow accountability stop being abstract. They become a body bag and a mother’s prayer that the next tip comes in time.