On the evening of May 27, 2025, 16-year-old Thomas Smith Jr., a male from Washington, D.C., was fatally shot in the 5200 block of Haras Place in Fort Washington, Maryland. Officers who were nearby and heard gunfire found two teenagers with gunshot wounds outside an apartment building; Thomas Smith Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene. Another 16-year-old, Michael Bassett of Temple Hills, was transported to a hospital and later died of his injuries. A third teenager with them was shot at but escaped unharmed.

Investigators say the teens had arrived in an SUV that had been carjacked days earlier on St. Barnabas Road in Oxon Hill. Responding officers observed a suspected SUV fleeing and pursued it into Washington, D.C., where the driver was detained. Prince George’s County police identified 27-year-old Duan Goddard of Fort Washington as the alleged shooter. Multiple firearms were recovered, and Goddard was charged with first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of Thomas Smith Jr. and Michael Bassett.

Does anyone have information about the events on Haras Place that night or about the carjacked SUV?