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WEBVTT BALTIMORE CITY POLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN, ALLEGED MURDER SUSPECTS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, RUNNING FROM THE AREA OF LEXINGTON MARKET. THE VICTIM, 23-YEAR-OLD TAYVON COKLEY. COMMUNITY TIPS ARE LEADING POLICE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS AS DERRICK JACKSON JR. AND VINCENT BAREFOOT. >> THEY ARE KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDERS. THEY ARE OUT ON OUR STREETS. BARRY: IN FACT, POLICE NAMED JACKSON PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, ACCUSING HIM OF THE APRIL 2015 MURDER OF JAMAR GREEN, SHOT 4 TIMES IN THE HEAD AND NECK AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH PULASKI AND VINE STREETS. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, GREEN HAD A PENDING COURT CASE ON BURGLARY AND SEX OFFENSE CHARGES. PROSECUTORS ALSO CONSIDERED GREEN A WITNESS IN ANOTHER MURDER CASE. BUT 13 DAYS BEFORE THAT TRIAL STARTED, GREEN BECAME A MURDER VICTIM, WITH POLICE ARRESTING JACKSON AS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER. A GRAND JURY INDICTED JACKSON ON TWO COUNTS OF MURDER, USE OF A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE, AND A HANDGUN CHARGE. DROPPED THE CASE AGAINST JACKSON, TELLING 11 NEWS IN A STATEMENT RELEASED TUESDAY, "EXONERATING INFORMATION CALLED THE IDENTITY OF THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR INTO QUESTION, WHICH ETHICALLY PRECLUDED US FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CASE." THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS NOT DISCLOSED WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS. AS POLICE TRY TO FIND JACKSON AND BAREFOOT IN CONNECTION WITH THE MONDAY AFTERNOON MURDER, THEY ARE VOICING THEIR FRUSTRATION AND THE PUBLIC'S OVER WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE REVOLVING DOOR OF VIOLENCE. THEY ARE ALSO STANDING BEHIND THEIR CASE AND THE DECISION BY THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO CHARGE JACKSON IN THE 2015 MURDER. IN A STATEMENT, POLICE SAY "IN EACH OF OUR MURDER INVESTIGATIONS, BEFORE CHARGES ARE BROUGHT, WE PARTNER AND SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT OCCURED IN THE 2015 CASE. REGARDLESS OF THE DECISION MADE AT THAT TIME IN THAT CASE, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS A KNOWN VIOLENT OFFENDER." POLICE ALSO SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DILLIGENTLY WITH THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BUILD THIS CURRENT CASE THAT INVOLVES JACKSON Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show , TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ El len DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ El len DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@ Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheG@

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Police said they are looking for two men in connection with a fatal shooting downtown. "They are known to law enforcement, violent repeat offenders. They are out on our streets," Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said. Police were called at 12:50 p.m. Monday to the corner of West Fayette and North Eutaw streets, where they found a shooting victim. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died, police said. The victim was identified as 23-year-old Tayvon Cokley. Police said he was not shot inside Lexington Market. "It was not a 911 call. We heard it," Davis said. "The Baltimore police officers walking foot (patrol) heard it. They rushed to the scene on foot. They ran. In fact, one of our Central District foot patrol officers gave CPR to the homicide victim, regrettably, unsuccessfully." Police said Tuesday that Derrick Jackson and Vincent Barefoot are wanted on first-degree murder charges in connection with Cokley's death. Police said Cokley may have been a robbery victim who just left a hospital after visiting a loved one, who was also a victim of violent crime. Video of the suspects running away was so clear police received enough tips to identify them within 24 hours. Neither suspects are strangers to police. Jackson was named public enemy No. 1 in October 2015 in connection with shooting death of Jamar Green in April 2015. Green was shot four times in the head and neck at the intersection of North Pulaski and Vine streets. At the time of his death, Green had a pending court case on burglary and sex-offense charges. Prosecutors also considered Green a witness in another murder case. But 13 days before that trial started, Green became a murder victim with police arresting Jackson as the alleged shooter. A grand jury indicted Jackson on two counts of murder, use of a fire arm in the commission of a crime of violence and a handgun charge. But in September, prosecutors dropped the case against Jackson, telling 11 news in a statement released Tuesday, that "Exonerating information called the identity of the alleged perpetrator into question, which ethically precluded us from moving forward with the case." Police did not specifically mention the failed conviction of Jackson in their briefing on Tuesday, but they did speak about repeat offenders with a tone of aggravation. "This revolving door of violence centered on a small group of people is what's plaguing our streets and put people in jeopardy yesterday that didn't need to be," Baltimore police Chief T.J. Smith said. Police stood behind their case and the decision by the city prosecutor's office to charge Jackson in the 2015 murder. In a statement police said, "In each of our murder investigations, before charges are brought, we partner and seek approval from the state's attorney's office. That occurred in the 2015 case. Regardless of the decision made at that time in that case, we are once again talking about someone who is a known violent offender." Police said they will continue to work diligently with the state's attorney's office to build the current case that involves Jackson. Police and the state's attorney's office are investing in more victim advocates that they hope will result in more prosecutions.Anyone with information is asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP or text tips to 443-902-4824. WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter Barry Simms and 11 News reporter Adam May contributed to this story.