On the night of January 8, 2016, a verbal argument in a Catonsville restaurant spilled into the Pike Park Plaza South Shopping Center parking lot and ended with the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Brandon Wardell Ward, a Black male. Around 11:30 p.m. the confrontation escalated when 21-year-old Tatiana Chanell Bowie produced a handgun, fired several shots into the air, then aimed the weapon at a group of people; at least one bullet struck Ward. He was taken to a hospital but died of his wounds.

Baltimore County Police identified and arrested Bowie days after the incident. She was charged with first-degree murder and a handgun violation and held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. In September 2016 Bowie pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and to using a firearm in the commission of a felony; sentencing was set for November, with a possible prison term of up to 30 years for the murder conviction.

If anyone witnessed the argument or the shooting that night, or has information that could help clarify what happened, please come forward.