On a Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C., the sounds of gunfire shattered the Petworth neighborhood. Nineteen-year-old Zephaniah Wright, a male resident of Northeast D.C., was found unconscious and not breathing in the 3700 block of Georgia Avenue Northwest after the shooting near the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital on April 29, 2025.

The incident, which occurred about 9:01 p.m., also injured two others: a 15-year-old male with serious injuries who was taken to a hospital from the scene, and an adult man who had been shot on the 800 block of Taylor Street Northwest and drove himself to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds. Investigators reported there may have been an exchange of gunfire and searched for a black Honda HR-V with D.C. plates seen leaving the area; the vehicle was recovered the following morning unoccupied. The Metropolitan Police Department offered a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station on April 29 or has information about the black Honda HR-V, please come forward with tips.