Travis Deyvon Ruth was 21 when he was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, January 18, 2019, in the 2700 block of Jasper Street in Southeast Washington, D.C. Police responded at about 7:39 p.m. and found him suffering multiple gunshot wounds; DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Investigators arrested 19-year-old Elhadji Babacar Ndiaye of Southeast D.C. on February 14, 2019, charging him with first-degree murder while armed. At a preliminary hearing prosecutors presented testimony that Ruth was sitting in the front seat of a green Honda Accord when Ndiaye allegedly opened the back door, pulled out a gun, and shot him nine times, most wounds to the back. Prosecutors also said the Honda was found burned about a week after the shooting and that a witness received threatening phone calls; the judge found probable cause and ordered Ndiaye held without bond.

Did anyone in Southeast D.C. know Travis or see a green Honda Accord in that neighborhood on January 18, 2019?