James Lamont Stewart, 28, was fatally shot on January 6, 2019, around 10:54 p.m. in the 800 block of Varnum Street NW in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Fourth District found him with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital but pronounced dead. The shooting occurred during a weekend that included several homicides in the city.

Investigators say two suspects were seen leaving the scene in a black sedan. Witness descriptions identify the assailants as two Black males, one in a white hoodie and one in a black hoodie. The Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Branch is handling the case and has offered up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.

Anyone who was in the 800 block of Varnum Street NW that night or who recognizes the descriptions or the black sedan is asked to come forward with information.