On the evening of Monday, October 30, 2023, 23-year-old Melvin Dock Jr. of Southwest, D.C., was fatally shot in Southeast Washington. Officers from the Seventh District responded shortly after 9:00 p.m. to reports of a shooting in the 4300 block of Halley Terrace, Southeast. A man with gunshot wounds was found and taken to a local hospital in stable condition; a second shooting victim, Melvin Dock Jr., arrived at a hospital with gunshot injuries and later died despite medical efforts.

Investigators identified a suspect and, on Thursday, February 22, 2024, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 21-year-old Maleek Thomas of Southeast, D.C., on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant. Thomas was charged with First Degree Murder while Armed. Court documents state the shooting followed an attempted carjacking of a white Infiniti; Thomas rejected a plea offer at a subsequent hearing.

If anyone has information about the carjacking or the events that led to Dock Jr.’s death, report what is known to investigators.