Charles Richard Meile III, 48, was shot in the early morning hours of April 19, 2025, on Ingleside Avenue in Gwynn Oak. Police say the shooting happened shortly before 2:00 a.m.; Meile, a Catonsville resident, was found with at least one gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Homicide detectives opened an immediate investigation and initially sought the public’s help after the shooter was unidentified.

On May 29, 2025, Baltimore County Police Homicide detectives announced an arrest in connection with Meile’s death. Thirty-eight-year-old Benjamin Rowland was taken into custody and charged with first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bail. The investigation into motive and the circumstances of the shooting remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Meile, his activities that night, or the events on Ingleside Avenue shortly before 2:00 a.m. on April 19, please contact investigators.