On July 3, 2023, at about 12:15 pm, 33-year-old Langston Sharps was shot and killed in the 2800 block of Hartford Street SE in Washington, D.C. First responders found Sharps with a gunshot wound to the chest and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The confrontation involved 24-year-old Jahi Settles, who was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. Witness accounts differ: one said the argument concerned money Sharps allegedly owed, another said it was about shoes Settles had bought but not yet paid for. Surveillance footage shows Settles approaching Sharps’s vehicle; a prosecution witness said Settles pulled out a gun and shot Sharps. Settles and his defense maintain Sharps was the aggressor, alleging Sharps punched Settles, reached into a bag, swung at him, and that the gun may have fired during a struggle or in self-defense.

The case has since seen additional charges added and pretrial disputes over evidence and detention. Does anyone have information about Sharps, the dispute, or the moments before the shooting that could help clarify what happened?