Tyree Reynolds, 23, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, and charged with murder in the death of 12-year-old Khloe Ishway, the girl struck in the crossfire of a gunfight over a parking space at a West Baltimore park during a youth football homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 3.
Police said Reynolds was himself hospitalized after being shot during the exchange of gunfire and was taken into custody and charged when he was discharged. He faces counts of murder, attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and other offenses, and he is being held without bail. As of Oct. 7, no second arrest had been announced, and detectives were still hunting a second suspect.
What Police Say Happened at the Park
Officers were called to Leon Day Park, in the 1200 block of N. Franklintown Road, at about 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 3, in the middle of homecoming activities for the Charm City Buccaneers, a youth football and cheer organization. Investigators say two men argued over a parking space and then fired at each other. Five people were shot in all. Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Khloe was not a direct target.
Officers rendered aid to Khloe and a 25-year-old woman at the scene, and the girl was pronounced dead at a hospital. Men ages 23 and 28 walked into area hospitals with gunshot wounds, and just after 10 p.m. a 35-year-old woman arrived at a hospital with a graze wound to her back from the same shooting. Police listed all four wounded adults as stabilized; each is expected to survive. The 25-year-old woman is the mother of one of the Buccaneers’ players, according to the organization. Police shut down the blocks around the park, and homicide detectives took over the investigation.
The Buccaneers said the argument started over a parking space in the neighborhood near the park, that several people then moved toward the field followed by a homeowner, and that the shooting broke out at that point. Nothing about the dispute, the organization said, grew out of the homecoming game, its own program or the opposing team.
Hundreds March, Then Light Candles
On Monday, Oct. 5, hundreds of people filled West Baltimore streets for a “Justice for Khloe” peace walk that ended at Leon Day Park. Youth football players wore their jerseys as the crowd chanted and called for arrests. Khloe’s mother, Kristin Reese, asked that her daughter not be defined by how she died. “Just remember her as a person, a loving person, a good family member, good sister, good cousin, good friend,” Reese said. Kevin Miller, a friend of the family, said he hoped the case would push lawmakers to act and bring security to youth football games so children who stay out of the streets can play safely.
A candlelight vigil followed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the park, where mourners gathered around balloons, football jerseys and white candles. Reese said she was heartened by the support pouring in for her daughter. Khloe’s grandmother, Jacqueline Howell, put the family’s message in three words. “We want peace,” Howell said. Others in the crowd said the arrest settled little: a child was dead, another young person faced prison, and a second gunman was still free. Janae Custis, who attended the vigil, said jailing someone would not undo any of it.
An Arrest and a Prison Release
Worley and Mayor Brandon Scott announced the charges in a joint statement, thanking those who worked the case and saying the arrest moved Khloe’s family closer to accountability. They wrote that her death underscored a shared obligation to protect children in the places where families gather. Scott had said in a post on X the night of the shooting that the city would do everything in its power to hold those responsible accountable.
Reynolds had been released from prison eight days before the shooting, according to the Maryland Department of Corrections. A senior official with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement had backed that release, saying he was not violent.
Khloe’s killing came weeks after a three-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were among seven people shot on East Fayette Street. With one suspect charged and another unidentified as of Oct. 7, police asked anyone with information to call homicide detectives at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.