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Nelson F. Bell Jr., a 29-year-old police officer with the Baltimore City Police Department, tragically lost his life on October 27, 1978, after sustaining a gunshot wound five days earlier. Officer Bell was responding to a call at the Trailways Bus Terminal located at 210 West Fayette Street in Baltimore. The incident began when a security guard alerted two Central District officers about an armed man menacing citizens at the bus terminal. The suspect, armed with a rifle, was confronted by the o ...Read More
Victim Details

Nelson F. Bell, Jr.

Male

Baltimore

MD

1978-10-22

29

Nelson

Bell

11/23/2025