Ondrell Mayo Jr., 36, was shot and killed in the early morning of August 1, 2024, on the 900 block of East Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore. Officers responded at about 3:19 AM and found Mayo with multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds; medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Baltimore police identified 28-year-old Paul Artis as the primary suspect after surveillance footage showed a man approach Mayo and shoot him several times. The beige Mercedes-Benz coupe used to arrive at the scene was registered to Artis. Artis turned himself in to police on August 6, 2024, and during questioning admitted being at the scene and identified himself in the footage, though his statements about what happened were inconsistent. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence.

Surveillance also showed Artis and Viola Poole together at a nearby IHOP after the shooting, and Poole was later seen picking up Artis’s car near the crime scene. If anyone has information about that night or knew Ondrell Mayo Jr., please come forward.