On the evening of May 11, 2023, 30-year-old DeVonte’ Jamal Maxwell was shot and killed while walking on the sidewalk of Prout Street in Southeast Washington, D.C. Earlier that day Maxwell had a verbal dispute with a man who lived nearby. Surveillance video shows Maxwell being approached by three individuals as he walked; one of them, identified as the man from the earlier argument, produced a firearm and fired multiple times. Emergency responders treated Maxwell at the scene but he died a short time later.

The Homicide Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department investigated the killing using the surveillance footage and other evidence.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has information about Maxwell’s final movements that evening, please come forward.