Bianca Nelson, a 30-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed in the Eastern District of Baltimore on the morning of November 6, 2024. Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert at about 10:43 a.m. and found Nelson unresponsive on the ground near a Ford Fusion with multiple gunshot wounds. A 31-year-old man, identified as her boyfriend, had a graze wound to his chest; both were taken to a local hospital and Nelson died that evening. An autopsy on November 7, 2024, ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators say the boyfriend had been waiting in his car when an unknown male, later identified as 29-year-old Dakwane Cole, approached and spoke with him. As Nelson walked toward the vehicle, Cole allegedly produced a handgun and fired at both victims before fleeing on foot with a group of other males. Detectives recovered plastic bottles at the scene and a latent print from one bottle matched Cole; the surviving victim also identified him from a photo array.

Cole was arrested on November 25, 2024, in the same block and charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. The case remains under investigation; anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.