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Trenton Elijah Dean

Age : 28

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 08/15/2026

Location : Franklin Street

City : Bel Air

County : Harford

State : Maryland

Agency : Bel Air Police Department

Officer(s) :Senior Officer William J. O'Connell

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/15/2026, Trenton Elijah Dean, 28, a Black man from Aberdeen, Maryland, was shot and killed by Bel Air Police Department Senior Officer William J. O'Connell during a traffic stop on Franklin Street in Bel Air.
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At approximately 8:55 p.m., O'Connell stopped Dean for what the Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division described only as a traffic violation. Authorities have not publicly specified the alleged violation.
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During the stop, police said a physical altercation occurred between Dean and O'Connell. During that encounter, O'Connell fired his department-issued handgun, striking Dean.
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Police provided emergency medical aid before EMS arrived. Dean was flown to the University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he subsequently died.
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O'Connell was also taken to a hospital for injuries authorities said he sustained during the encounter and was later released. Public accounts have not provided detailed information about the nature or severity of those injuries.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/maryland-ags-office-investigates-fatal-police-involved-shooting-in-bel-air
https://oag.maryland.gov/News/pages/Independent-Investigations-Division-Investigating-Fatal-Police-Involved-Shooting-in-Bel-Air.aspx
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/man-dead-after-police-involved-shooting-late-saturday-in-bel-air/