On the night of August 5, 2025, at about 11:19 p.m., 29-year-old Devonta Bazemore, a Northwest, D.C. resident, was shot and killed on the 1800 block of U Street Southeast in the Anacostia neighborhood. Seventh District officers found Bazemore unconscious, not breathing, and suffering apparent gunshot wounds; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene.

Two other adults, a male and a female, were also shot during the same incident. They were conscious and breathing when police arrived and were taken to a local hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening. The triple shooting prompted a Metropolitan Police Department homicide investigation.

Authorities have offered a reward of up to $25,000 for tips leading to an arrest and conviction and are asking anyone with information to contact police or submit an anonymous text tip.

Did anyone in Anacostia that night see something that could help this investigation?