On the afternoon of June 8, 2023, 62-year-old Lasanta McGill was in the 1900 block of 7th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., when he was struck by gunfire and later pronounced dead at a hospital. The shooting occurred shortly after 1:07 pm during a chaotic exchange that began when 20-year-old Demarcus Barnett, who earlier had been robbed by two people, pursued those suspects and fired at them as they walked down the sidewalk.

One of the bullets from that exchange hit McGill, an unintended victim, while the alleged robbers returned fire and Barnett was also wounded. Barnett was arrested the same day and charged with second-degree murder while armed; he initially pleaded not guilty and later entered a plea resolving the homicide charge.

Does anyone have information about McGill’s activities that afternoon or about witnesses who were in that block around 1:00 pm?