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Justin Patrick Powell

Age : 32

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 07/13/2021

Location : Security Square Mall, 6900 Security Boulevard

City : Baltimore

County : Baltimore

State : Maryland

Agency : U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force; Baltimore Police Department

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/13/2021, at approximately 8:00 a.m., members of the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, including Baltimore Police detectives, located 32-year-old Justin Powell in the parking lot of Security Square Mall while attempting to serve warrants related to a homicide investigation. Powell was wanted on first-degree murder and handgun warrants stemming from the June 19, 2021 fatal shooting of Ali Hanes in West Baltimore. Investigators had been searching for both Powell and a vehicle connected to that homicide.
According to investigators, officers approached Powell after locating him with the vehicle in the mall parking lot. Police reported that Powell exited the vehicle and immediately opened fire, striking two Baltimore Police detectives assigned to the federal task force. Multiple officers returned fire, striking Powell. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The two detectives were taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with gunshot wounds and survived after treatment.
Baltimore County Police led the criminal investigation because the shooting occurred within its jurisdiction, while the Baltimore Police Department conducted the administrative review involving its detectives. Authorities recovered multiple bullet-damaged vehicles from the scene as investigators documented the exchange of gunfire in the mall parking lot.
The shooting received significant public attention because it involved members of a regional federal fugitive task force attempting to arrest a homicide suspect in a busy shopping center during business hours. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison stated the detectives had been attempting to apprehend Powell for the June homicide when the gunfire erupted. Mayor Brandon Scott publicly praised the detectives' actions and emphasized the role of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force in pursuing violent crime suspects.

SOURCE LINKS :

• https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-officers-injured-suspect-killed-at-security-square-mall/
• https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/wanted-murder-suspect-killed-by-police-two-officers-injured
• https://apnews.com/article/shootings-baltimore-fdc2331eedbf6986e5e5ce4e6f9ccc31
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-police-officers-shot/story?id=78816142
• https://baltimorewitness.org/homicide-suspect-killed-in-police-involved-shooting-in-baltimore-county/