On the morning of Sunday, May 26, 2019, 15-year-old Maurice Scott was shot and killed while walking to a convenience store on Wheeler Road in Southeast Washington, D.C. Maurice, an honor roll student and junior varsity basketball player at Somerset Prep D.C., had left home to buy eggs for his family when a gunman fired from a car with what police described as a long gun. Officers found Maurice with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Three relatives—two women and a nine-year-old girl—were also wounded in the same attack; their injuries were described as non-life-threatening. Investigators recovered surveillance video and tracked a light-colored, four-door sedan fleeing the scene, and they have said Maurice likely was not the intended target. No suspect has been identified and no arrests have been announced.

Friends, family, classmates and teachers remembered Maurice for his smile, leadership on the basketball court and sense of humor. A mural of his face was painted on the side of the store where he was killed and community members marched afterward to demand an end to gun violence. If anyone saw the shooting, the fleeing vehicle, or has other information, please come forward.