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Stephen Freeman was arrested and charged with the killing of 37-year-old Terrell Banks on Thursday, March 16, Boston police said. A judge ordered him held without bail on Friday, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
Banks died in a double shooting that occurred at Slade's Bar & Grill, located at 958 Tremont Street in the South End/Lower Roxbury, around 11:34 p.m. on Saturday, police report. A second male victim also sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting, police added.
Investigators said Banks was shot in the back as he stood in front of the bar. Surveillance video that captured the slaying showed what the killer was wearing and in which direction they ran. Police walked that path the next day and found a sweatshirt, T-shirt, mask, and gun, the prosecutor said.
Video from inside Slade's shows Freeman was seen wearing shirts that seem identical to the ones officers found. Investigators also matched a shell casing at the scene to the pistol.
Freeman was previously arrested on firearm-related charges in July 2020, according to a separate release from Boston Police. Banks also had several charges filed against him, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office.
Freeman was charged with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded gun, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Boston Police said. He will return to court on April 20.
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