Jermaine Dews was 27 when he was shot and killed on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened about 3:10 p.m. in the 5800 block of Field Place NE, in the Burrville neighborhood. Officers found Dews unconscious, not breathing, with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and distributed fliers and public appeals for information in the days after the killing.