In the early hours of a Saturday morning, the life of Alvin Purcell Wells, a 39-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On September 20, 2014, Wells was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body in the 6500 block of Holabird Avenue in the Dundalk area of Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting occurred at approximately 12:14 a.m. outside of a well-known local restaurant.
Wells, a resident of Forest Hill in Harford County, had been at the location to attend a reunion for his alma mater, Frederick Douglass High School. The celebratory evening turned into a scene of violence for reasons that remain unclear from available online information. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene, and Wells was transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, he was pronounced deceased at the hospital.
The Baltimore Police Department initiated an investigation into the homicide of Alvin Purcell Wells. Authorities appealed to the public for any information that could lead to the identification and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for his death. However, publicly accessible online sources and news reports following the incident do not contain information regarding any arrests being made or the identification of any suspects in the case. The investigation into who is responsible for the death of Alvin Purcell Wells remains without a publicly reported resolution.
