On the evening of April 11, 2022, 31-year-old Bilahl Bell was shot in the Orchard Park neighborhood of Roxbury. Police responded about 5:46 p.m. to the area of 50 Orchard Park and found Bell with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators say Bell had been a passenger in a vehicle when another car began following them. Authorities identified the driver of the other car as 26-year-old James Morale. As the vehicles neared a playground in Orchard Park, Morale allegedly drove alongside, lowered his window and began firing. Bell reportedly exited his vehicle and ran into a nearby baseball field; surveillance footage is reported to show both Bell and Morale firing weapons during the confrontation.

On March 23, 2023, officers stopped a vehicle for a motor vehicle infraction and discovered Morale had an outstanding warrant for Bell’s murder; he was taken into custody. A grand jury later indicted Morale on murder and multiple firearm charges, and he was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court and ordered held without bail.

Did anyone in the community see either vehicle or the shooting that evening?