On the night of September 10, 2020, 27-year-old Kenneth Bivens was shot in the head during an argument on the 1000 block of Beaumont Street in north Baltimore. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on September 12, 2020. Investigators say the confrontation occurred during a marijuana transaction and that the last call from Bivens’ phone went to a number linked to Donnell Johnson.

Baltimore police identified Donnell Johnson, then 28, as the suspect; he was arrested on September 17, 2020, by the Warrant Apprehension Task Force and U.S. Marshals and charged with first-degree murder. Two trials held in 2021 and 2024 ended in mistrials after juries could not reach unanimous verdicts, and the defense noted there was no DNA or fingerprint evidence tying Johnson to the scene.

Anyone who knew Kenneth, was in the Beaumont Street area that night, or has information about the shooting is urged to come forward.