On December 12, 2023, at about 12:04 a.m. in the 2300 block of 4th Street Northeast, Washington, D.C., two brothers were fatally shot after an altercation. Octavio Quintano, 28, of Silver Spring, Maryland, and his brother Osmine Quintano, 35, of Northeast D.C., had been hanging out near The Pollo Company, a restaurant where both worked. Surveillance footage shows a verbal dispute between the brothers and a man later identified as 24-year-old Ronzoni Allen Jackson Jr., and the brothers were shot shortly afterward.

The victims crawled beneath a car and died next to each other; police recovered no weapons from or near them. On December 16 Jackson called 911 to turn himself in and admitted to shooting someone, saying he had been drunk and had mental health issues. He was evaluated, arrested, and charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed and has pleaded not guilty. Court filings indicate his defense is exploring an insanity-related strategy and that competency evaluations have taken place.

Who knew Octavio or Osmine, where they spent their evenings, or saw anything in that area that night?