On May 2, 2023, at about 7 p.m., Winston-Salem police found 69-year-old William Bill Bell Jr. lying in the street in the 400 block of Barry Street with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Bell was born December 28, 1953, in Jackson, Mississippi, the eldest of six children. He moved to Los Angeles in his youth and graduated from Locke High School in 1971. Bell worked as a truck driver for the Harris Teeter grocery chain and later provided professional cleaning services in Winston-Salem. He was married to Kim Bell for 35 years and is survived by children and grandchildren. The Winston-Salem Police Department has not released information on arrests or identified suspects and the investigation remains active.

If anyone has information about what happened that evening or knew Bell’s movements near Barry Street, please contact the Winston-Salem Police Department or Crime Stoppers.