Benjamin Knefel was 31 when he was shot and killed in a parking lot on Richmar Road in Owings Mills, Maryland, on July 3, 2020. Baltimore County Police found him with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body; medics pronounced him dead at the scene. Reports say the shooting followed a dispute and that after Knefel fell, the shooter fired at him again before fleeing.

Three suspects were identified. Nineteen-year-old Artis McDaniel III was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; two teenagers, 17-year-old Ajuan McDaniel and 16-year-old Avion McDaniel, were later taken into custody and also charged with first-degree murder and held without bail. Artis McDaniel III was tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County and convicted of second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, and attempted use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.

If anyone witnessed the dispute in the Richmar Road parking lot or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.