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Bail denied for teen arrested in deadly 2024 Columbia mall shooting
Bail has been denied for a Maryland teen who was arrested in New York for a deadly, 2024 shooting inside The Mall in Columbia, according to Howard County Police.
William Marshall III, 18, of Columbia, is accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Angelo Little on July 27, 2024, at the Mall in Columbia. Marshall was 17 years old at the time.
UPDATE: Marshall waived extradition in New York City and had a bail review hearing this morning in Howard County. He was ordered held without bond at the Howard County Detention Center. — Howard County Police Department (@HCPDNews) June 9, 2025
Marshall was arrested in New York on May 28, after a search that lasted several months.
Teen arrested for deadly shooting inside Columbia Mall
Police said Marshall returned to Howard County last Friday in order to appear for his bail hearing Monday. He is currently being held at the Howard County Detention Center.
After the shooting, which happened after an altercation near the mall's food court, police issued a warrant for Marshall's arrest.
Authorities said Marshall specifically targeted Little in the attack.
Surveillance video released by Howard County Police last year showed Marshall running through several corridors of the mall, including the housekeeping hallway. In addition to the video, police released Marshall's picture.
A second post in late May, which recirculated the same video, reminding the public that they were continuing the search for Marshall, led to a public tip that Marshall was staying at an apartment in New York City.
Howard County Detectives, U.S. Marshals, and officers from the New York Police Department went to the location in Brooklyn, N.Y., searched the building, and found Marshall in an apartment.
Mother of Angelo Little grieves loss
Last year, Charell Wilson, Angelo's mother, spoke to WJZ, recounting the moment when she found out her son had been tragically killed.
Wilson said she and her son moved to Columbia from East Baltimore in 2014 because she thought it would be safer.
She said she did not expect to lose her son to gun violence in Columbia, which is currently experiencing a rise in youth violence.
Howard County Police data shows a rising trend in homicides.
In February of this year, another shooting at The Mall in Columbia left two teen victims dead – one a sophomore at Wilde Lake High School, and the other a freshman attending Oakland Mills High School.
18-year-old Emmetson Zeah was arrested in connection with the shooting and charged with murder.
