Mannin Quarles, a 32-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on Friday, September 1, 2023, in the 5100 block of Astor Place SE in Washington, D.C. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire at about 1:45 p.m.; Metropolitan Police Department Sixth District officers found Quarles suffering from gunshot wounds and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. His body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The Homicide Branch opened an investigation and a reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, authorities located and arrested 43-year-old Darrick Miles in Henderson, North Carolina. Miles, reported as a man of no fixed address, was arrested by the Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force on a D.C. Superior Court warrant and charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed; he was to be extradited to Washington, D.C. to face those charges.

If anyone has information about Quarles, his routines, or the events around Astor Place SE that afternoon, please share what you know.