On June 19, 2021, Ali K. Hines, a 38-year-old man, was fatally shot in the 1000 block of West Lanvale Street in West Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department identified a suspect and obtained a warrant charging 32-year-old Justin Powell with Hines’s murder and related handgun offenses.

On the morning of July 13, 2021, members of the Baltimore City Warrant Apprehension Task Force located Powell at Security Square Mall in Woodlawn. When officers moved to serve the warrant, Powell opened fire; officers returned fire. Two officers were injured and Powell was fatally wounded. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly after 10 a.m.

Questions remain about the events leading up to the shooting on West Lanvale Street and any witnesses to the June 19 incident. If anyone has information about Hines, the scene that day, or about what happened before July 13, please share what is known.