Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2023, 30-year-old Jamal Morgan was fatally shot in the 2500 block of Ontario Road NW in Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. An autopsy found Jamal sustained four gunshot wounds. His older brother, 34-year-old James Morgan, was also killed at the scene. A third man, 42-year-old Vincent Martin, was critically injured and died at a hospital two days later.

Police say surveillance footage and other evidence led investigators to two suspects, 37-year-old Renza Nieem Bryant and 32-year-old Jalonte Thompkins, who were arrested in December 2023 and charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Court filings describe an interaction in a nearby park shortly before the shooting, then the suspects following the victims and opening fire; two firearms were recovered near the bodies. Thompkins has pleaded not guilty and a trial is scheduled for May 2026.

Did anyone in Adams Morgan or the surrounding neighborhoods see the victims or the suspects in the hours before the shooting?