Benjamin Francis, 59, a Black male, was shot on the evening of September 7, 2025, during a confrontation on the 4300 block of Rockport Lane in unincorporated Bowie, Maryland. Officers responding around 6:30 p.m. found him outside with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital where he died a short time later. Francis, a Lanham pastor, had been on the quiet residential street when the argument that preceded the shooting spiraled into violence.
Investigators quickly focused on a man the
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