A dispute in the late afternoon of November 4, 2023, in the 1400 block of L Street SE in Washington, D.C., ended with 22‑year‑old Charles Jaquel Towles shot and pronounced dead at the scene. First District officers found Towles about 3:45 p.m. with gunshot wounds; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services performed life‑saving efforts but he did not survive.

Detectives identified 20‑year‑old Tremon Jackson of Southeast D.C. as a suspect after reviewing surveillance footage from the public housing complex. The footage reportedly captures a physical altercation between Towles and an individual later identified as Jackson, a short time before gunfire, and shows Towles on the ground as Jackson and another person flee. Police say Towles was unarmed at the time of the shooting; Jackson was charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed and an arrest warrant issued.

Jackson was arrested by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on December 28, 2023, and taken to the Homicide Branch for processing. A D.C. Superior Court judge found probable cause on January 16, 2024, for the case to proceed to trial. Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that afternoon that might help the investigation?