Levon Livingston, 29, was found suffering from an apparent gunshot wound in a hallway of an apartment building in the 1200 block of Valley Avenue, Southeast, in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 12, 2026. Officers from the Seventh District of the Metropolitan Police Department arrived at about 5:01 a.m.; DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services provided lifesaving measures but Livingston was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators described the shooting as domestic-related. By the next day, Monday, April 13, 2026, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force with assistance from the Prince George’s County Police Department located and arrested 26-year-old Niko Lancaster of Oxon Hill, Maryland, on a D.C. Superior Court warrant. Lancaster has been charged with Second Degree Murder in connection with Livingston’s death.

If anyone knew Levon Livingston or has information about the events at the Valley Avenue apartment the morning of April 12, please share what you know.