On the evening of April 4, 2019, 23-year-old Jobe McDowney was found shot to death in the stairwell of a residential building in the 4900 block of Nash Street Northeast in Washington, D.C. Officers who responded to reports of gunfire discovered McDowney and 21-year-old Desmond Richardson both suffering from gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel pronounced them dead at the scene and their bodies were taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

A third male victim, located a short distance away in the 900 block of 44th Street Northeast, also sustained a gunshot wound but survived and was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Branch opened an active investigation and has offered up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. No arrests or suspect descriptions have been publicly announced.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the Nash Street or 44th Street Northeast area that evening, or has information about these shootings, please contact authorities.