BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan is doubling the reward for ideas that lead investigators to the one that shot and killed 48-year-old Timothy Reynolds.

Hogan made the announcement in a social media put up on Saturday. He stated that the state of Maryland would enhance the preliminary reward of $8,000 to $16,000 for info that results in the arrest and conviction of the one that shot Reynolds following a confrontation in downtown Baltimore.

The State of Maryland is providing an extra $8,000 reward for info that results in the arrest and conviction of whoever is liable for the homicide of Timothy Reynolds.

We are urging anybody with info to contact @MCSMaryland at 1-866-756-2587. https://t.co/aO1fT3JEHV

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) July 9, 2022

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Maryland Crime Stoppers supplied up the $8,000 reward on Friday night time.

Reynolds, 48, was killed on Thursday after he was concerned in a lethal conflict with a squeegee employee on the intersection of Light and Conway Streets.

The “heated interaction” between Reynolds and squeegee employees escalated after Reynolds determined to park his automobile and method the group with a bat, which he swung at “one or more” of them, based on Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison.

There had been a number of incidents involving squeegee window washers reported on the similar intersection within the hours earlier than Reynolds was killed. 

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Hogan informed WJZ on Friday that town has failed to deal with issues related to squeegee employees, which have been prevalent for “many years.”

“It certainly has had a major impact on people being afraid to come to the city because they’ve been harassed for years and years,” Hogan stated. “This is just the pinnacle of the problem right downtown across from the Inner Harbor with somebody getting shot.”

Mayor Brandon Scott has been proactive about aiding the younger individuals who make cash cleansing automobile windshields on the road corners.

In 2021, he kicked off a 90-day action plan aimed toward serving to squeegee employees by inserting them in regular jobs.

More just lately, the Mayor’s Office for African American Male Engagement held a job truthful for younger folks within the metropolis, a few of whom are former squeegee workers.

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Anyone with info on the capturing ought to contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-756-2587.