Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2023, a burst of gunfire in the 2500 block of Ontario Road NW in Adams Morgan left three men wounded. Brothers James and Jamal Morgan were pronounced dead at the scene; 42-year-old Vincent Martin, a Black man from Southeast D.C., was found with life-threatening injuries and taken to a hospital.

Martin died on Monday, August 7, 2023, and the investigation into the shootings was upgraded to a triple homicide. Police issued a lookout for a male in a blue Mercedes in the early stages of the probe. On December 5, 2023, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested two men in Fort Washington, Maryland: 37-year-old Renza Bryant of Northwest D.C. and 34-year-old Jalonte Thompkins of Northeast D.C. Both were charged with First Degree Murder while Armed and were transported to the MPD Homicide Branch; court proceedings were set to follow and one suspect pleaded not guilty.

If anyone in Adams Morgan that night saw a blue Mercedes or has information about the shooting, please come forward.