Repeat offender denied bail in 12-year-old girl's murder as police search for second suspect

A repeat violent offender charged with murdering 12-year-old Khloe Ishway near a youth football game at a West Baltimore park made his first court appearance Wednesday and was held without bail. 

Tyree Reynolds faces 30 counts from the Saturday evening shooting, including murder, attempted murder and reckless endangerment. New court documents show Reynolds fired the first shot and that he was also wounded in the gunfire. 

Baltimore police are still searching for a second shooter as they work to bring justice to Khloe's family. 

As WJZ Investigates' Mike Hellgren reports, the 23-year-old was in a wheelchair and could not walk on his own as he appeared before the judge via closed-circuit television Wednesday. His public defender waived his right to a formal bail review, saying they will make their case at a later date. 

Meanwhile, WJZ Investigates has also learned Reynolds was recently released from prison and was on probation for another shooting that happened five years ago.

What happened in court 

Repeat offender Tyree Reynolds faces 30 charges, including murder, for the shootout Saturday at Leon Day Park that killed 12-year-old Khloe.

The girl's mother has repeatedly demanded justice for her young daughter and is relieved that there has been at least one arrest. 

"There were too many people for someone not to see something, so I'm grateful for that," Kristin Reese told WJZ. 

Reynolds was also injured in the shooting and was in a wheelchair when he appeared before a district court judge Wednesday morning. 

Reynolds said little and had to be wheeled in and out of the room used for remote bail reviews. 

Reynolds' public defender said he would make arguments at a later time and asked the judge waive a formal reading of the charges and his client's criminal history.

New details from court documents

Charging documents obtained by WJZ Investigates revealed Reynolds fired 20 rounds from a short-barreled assault rifle Saturday night at Leon Day Park. 

Police alleged he fired from a parking lot into a crowd gathered for a youth football game in a dispute over a parking spot. They said surveillance video captured him exchanging words with two unidentified men, then reaching into his backpack and pulling out a gun. 

One of those men fired back at Reynolds, hitting him in the ankle, police wrote. 

Detectives are still searching for that gunman.

Reynolds went to Grace Medical Center after the shooting for treatment to a wound to his ankle. Investigators said video from the  hospital showed him wearing the same clothes. 

Police also said Reynolds agreed to an interview after his release from the hospital but gave them "false information about what he was wearing and denied shooting."

Troubled past 

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spoke to WJZ about the arrest and said he hopes it brings "some sense of calm" to Khloe's family. 

"It won't bring her back," Scott said. "They're still going to have that lifelong pain of understanding that this baby never got to grow into her full potential." 

WJZ Investigates has learned Reynolds was on probation for a 2021 shootout at a chicken restaurant on West North Avenue not far from his home and Saturday's deadly shooting. 

Court records showed a judge in that case sentenced him to 15 years in prison with all but seven years suspended. 

But Reynolds' attorney in the 2021 shootout pleaded for a reduced sentence of five years for his client "after demonstrating self-improvements he made while incarcerated."

Last year, Reynolds signed the probation agreement. He was not allowed to possess a weapon.

"When you look at his record, and you see that this isn't the first time we've arrested him for similar things only for him to be back out on the street and taking the life of a 12-year-old, this is what we're talking about from the city perspective when the police go out and do their job—when they find someone who had an illegal handgun and shot somebody—and they go and they work with the state's attorney, and then that person just gets sent back out," the mayor said. "This is the frustration that we have because our residents, they are first going to look to the police about why these folks are out, and we have absolutely nothing to do with that."

Scott also told WJZ, "A 12-year-old baby should be here today not only because [Reynolds] should've known how to resolve his conflict in a better way, but also more importantly because he still should have been in jail."

Supporting a heartbroken family 

For several days, the community has held vigils honoring Khloe and demanding an end to the violence, including one where young football players held signs saying "Stop the killing. We deserve to live our life."

CBS News Baltimore learned Khloe was in the area with her mother, who said they didn't plan on staying for the game. 

"We were only supposed to go there for one second. We weren't even at the game. I was just dropping my son's baby bottle off, and then we were leaving," Kristin Reese said.

Reese also had a message for the person responsible. 

"To bring a gun to a kids' event, it's already a clown move," she said. "You don't do that, and I want justice for my baby."

Khloe's mother added, "I'm just overwhelmed with love. I love how everybody's supporting my baby. My baby's name is going to live on forever."

Her daughter was treated at Johns Hopkins and pronounced dead less than two hours after she was shot in the buttocks, charging documents revealed. 

There were four other victims in this incident, including a woman who was shot in the face. They all survived. 

Police urged those with tips to contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-Lockup. People can provide tips anonymously.