By Lindsey Lombardi and Khadijah Trower, Baltimore Witness

Opening statements and testimony was presented June 25 in Baltimore City Circuit Court during a co-defendant homicide trial before Judge Charles H. Dorsey III.

Darius Bell, 33 and Joseph Hubbard, 35, are facing several charges, including first-degree murder and other firearm counts after the alleged fatal shooting of 30-year-old Christopher Banks on the 5400 block of Park Heights Avenue.

On March 15, 2025, Bell and Hubbard reportedly got into an argument in a corner store with Banks that turned physical. According to Bell’s reported statement, two shots went off at close range and one hit Banks fatally in the chest.

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