Twenty-three-year-old Jamal Kwame Crump was killed in an alley in Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2019. The shooting happened at about 2:40 p.m. behind a row of houses in the 1300 block of Monroe Street NW after an altercation involving Crump and three other men. Surveillance footage captured the moments before the shooting; one man left the scene and returned, then opened fire. Crump suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died after being taken to a nearby hospital.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch investigated and on March 7, 2019 arrested a 15-year-old male from Northeast, D.C. The juvenile was charged with First Degree Murder while Armed and Carrying a Pistol Without a License in connection with Crump’s death. Authorities continued to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting.

If anyone saw the incident or has information about the people involved, please share tips with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch.