Man wanted in Baltimore County girlfriend's 2024 killing indicted after Maine arrest

A man wanted in the 2024 killing of his girlfriend in the parking lot of her Baltimore County apartment complex was indicted after he was arrested in Maine on unrelated domestic violence charges.

Amir Johnson is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 27-year-old Shakeia Allen. Police said Johnson allegedly shot and killed Allen on April 21, 2024, in the unit block of Whitelaw Place in Nottingham.

Following the shooting, police said the suspect remained on the run for more than two years. The U.S. Marshals Service offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Johnson was arrested Aug. 13 in Auburn, Maine, on two domestic violence charges. The charges — domestic violence assault and domestic violence aggravated assault — stem from an April 23, 2026, incident, according to court records.

Those charges were dropped on August 14, after he was in custody and back in Maryland. After running his name in the system, police in Maine noticed that he was wanted for a homicide in Maryland. 

Johnson is being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

He was scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 11, but since he has been indicted, the court appearance was cancelled.

Details about their relationship

Johnson and Allen were in a relationship for years, according to court records. The two had several documented domestic violence incidents, according to court records.

In August 2023, they filed protective orders against one another, but ultimately those were dropped because neither party appeared in court.

Johnson was charged with assault in February 2024, which was just weeks before Allen's death. According to charging documents, in that incident, the couple argued for multiple days, and it turned violent.

He was scheduled to appear in court days after the shooting, but he did not appear.

Neighbors told CBS News Baltimore that Allen only lived in the apartment complex for a few days before the shooting and that she was a mother to a young child.

"We found out later that the reason that she had moved to the new apartment here is to get away from that man," neighbor Dawn Beddis said.

Neighbors say they have been watching out for Johnson and "staying on their toes" in case he returned.

"When I saw the video, and I saw how cold he was when he was shooting her, and he walks away like, ' Hey, just another day, it's frightening,'" Beddis added.

Video shows moments before shooting

A video taken by a neighbor shows the moments before Allen died in the parking lot of her apartment complex.

In court documents, investigators said the video shows Johnson chasing Allen through the parking lot before shooting her multiple times in the upper body from close range.

Allen can be heard saying, "Get away from me!" She also told Johnson she had a restraining order against him. 

A neighbor yelled at Johnson to leave Allen alone just moments before shots were fired.

"Hopefully justice is served as it should be and hopefully he gets life in prison because he took a life," Jessica Hayostek, who was in her apartment at the time of the shooting, told CBS News Baltimore.