Howard County Police on Monday released video footage of a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager at The Mall in Columbia last month.
Police said mall surveillance video from July 27 shows the suspect at a table in the food court with his head down until the victim, 17-year-old Angelo Little, walked toward the bathroom hallway.
“The shooter gets up from the table and follows Little,” according to Howard County Police. “He waits for Little to exit the bathroom then fires one fatal shot from behind and runs through a back door.”
In the video released to the public, the suspect is seen wearing a dark mask covering his face, a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head, black Adidas sweatpants and black shoes. A witness described the suspect as a young Black male in his teens or 20s of small stature, according to police. The footage shows the suspect running through the housekeeping hallway in the mall.
Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the mall’s food court in the early evening on July 27, where they found Little, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police found him with a gun, and investigators said Little was injured in an April 2023 shooting.
Little was a student at the Homewood Center in Ellicott City, Principal Dwayne Williams said in an email to the school community after the fatal shooting.
Police asked anyone who lives near the mall to check doorbell camera footage from the day of the shooting and pass along any images that might help police in their investigation.
Police are offering an increased reward of up to $7,500 for information about the shooting.
