Daniel Lamont Adams was 34 when he was shot on the evening of November 25, 2023, in Northeast Washington, D.C. Officers responded at about 9:10 p.m. to the 1300 block of Florida Avenue, Northeast, where Adams was being treated for gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital in grave condition and died the next day.

Investigators determined the shooting actually occurred several blocks away in the 1700 block of Benning Road, Northeast. Surveillance footage from that location shows a man later identified as 40-year-old Andre Hicks of Capitol Heights, Maryland, approach a group that included Adams, walk up and down the front steps of a nearby building, then draw a handgun and open fire as Adams tried to flee. Hicks and Adams were acquainted and had exchanged interactions on Facebook shortly before the shooting. An arrest warrant was issued for Hicks following the Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Branch investigation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Benning Road or has information about Adams’ movements that night, please share what is known.