Edward Donald Garey IV

Edward Donald “Eddie” Garey IV was a Baltimore native whose short life reflected steady, everyday commitments to family and work. Those who spoke about him described a respectful young man who had recently begun working for the city at the Baltimore Convention Center — a job he was proud of and had taken on in the months before his death. His mother remembered him as polite and well-liked, and his father spoke with equal pride about his son’s efforts to build a stable life.

Edward’s life included recovery from earlier wounds: family accounts noted he had survived a previous shooting two years earlier and received lifesaving care at Shock Trauma. That experience and his determination to return to ordinary routines — work, time with friends, and the small comforts of daily life — shaped how those close to him remembered him in the weeks after his passing. He is listed among the young people lost to gun violence in Baltimore during the spring of 2022, a loss felt across the neighborhoods he called home.

Public records and news coverage confirm Edward’s identity and the community’s response; while formal funeral or family-published obituary notices matching the exact date of death were not found in public obituary indexes, friends and relatives offered recollections in local reporting that speak to his character: quiet pride in his job, resilience after earlier trauma, and the bonds he kept with family and friends. Those details, though limited in the public record, point to a life that mattered to people who knew him.

Edward’s memory endures in the recollections of family members who described him as respectful and in the work he had begun to steady his future. For those who cherished him, remembering Eddie means holding the ordinary pieces of his life — his efforts to work and care for family, the friendships he kept, and the resilience he showed after hardship — with tenderness and respect.