On the night of February 18, 2023, gunfire outside Slade’s Bar & Grill at 958 Tremont Street in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood left two men shot. At about 11:34 PM, officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation found both victims and transported them to hospitals. One victim, 37-year-old Black/African American Boston resident Terrelle Banks, had been shot in the back and was later pronounced dead; the other suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Boston Police Homicide Unit detectives reviewed surveillance video that captured the shooting and the gunman’s flight path. Officers followed that route the next day and recovered a sweatshirt, a t-shirt, a mask, and a firearm; ballistics linked the gun to a shell casing from the scene. Investigators identified a suspect and on March 16, 2023, arrested 33-year-old Stephen Freeman of Boston, charging him with murder and several weapons and assault counts. A judge ordered Freeman held without bail.

If anyone saw the area around Slade’s Bar & Grill that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with the investigators.