On July 7, 2023, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District were called to a home in the 4100 block of Ames Street Northeast in Benning after a report of a shooting. Inside, 34-year-old Nolan Edwards, a Black male, was found with gunshot wounds. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services performed life-saving efforts but Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Homicide Branch investigated and, nearly three months later, an arrest was made. On October 4, 2023, 46-year-old Christopher Tyler of Northeast D.C. was taken into custody on a D.C. Superior Court warrant and charged with first-degree murder while armed. Tyler pleaded not guilty; the court found probable cause and ordered him held without bond.

If anyone in Benning that day has information about Nolan Edwards or the shooting, please come forward to the authorities.