A late‑afternoon shooting in Marvin Gaye Park in Northeast Washington, D.C., left one man dead and another wounded on September 20, 2023. Officers found two men with gunshot wounds about 4:30 p.m. in the 5200 block of Foote Street, Northeast. Emergency crews pronounced 64‑year‑old Dwain Francis Day, a resident of Southwest D.C., dead at the scene; the other victim was taken to a hospital with non‑life‑threatening injuries and was conscious.

Day’s niece said he may not have been the intended target, reporting that he was with a group of men when a gunman opened fire aiming at someone else. Homicide detectives opened an investigation and the Metropolitan Police Department offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. No suspects had been identified and no arrests were reported in the days after the shooting.

Does anyone who was in Marvin Gaye Park that afternoon or who knew Dwain Francis Day have information that could help the investigation?