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.
Read more at Baltimore Witness.
