Deandre Lewis, 29, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 27, 2025, inside an apartment building on the 4200 block of 4th Street Southeast in Washington, D.C. Officers were called about a disturbance just before 1:54 a.m.; DC Fire and EMS performed lifesaving efforts but Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene. Court documents identify Lewis as a male resident of Northeast D.C.

Police arrested 47-year-old Maurice Gaskins of Arlington, Virginia, charging him with Second Degree Murder while Armed. Gaskins was known to Lewis and formerly lived in the same building. Court filings say the shooting took place in a hallway as Lewis was leaving the building with a woman who is the mother of Gaskins’ child. An eyewitness heard Gaskins say stop reaching as he approached Lewis; surveillance video shows Gaskins walking toward Lewis and the witness but does not capture the shot. A firearm was found near Lewis’ body, though its placement relative to the shooting was described as unclear. The defense has claimed self-defense, saying Lewis reached for something in his waistband while standing near his son and the child’s mother; prosecutors say there is no evidence of any argument or dispute to support that claim.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see activity in the building hallway around 1:54 a.m. on June 27 that could shed light on what happened?