Shortly after midnight on Friday, April 21, 2023, 32-year-old Dajuan Blakney was fatally shot while seated on the steps of an apartment building in the 1500 block of 19th Street SE in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police officers found him unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds; DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene.

Witnesses told police Blakney had been in an ongoing dispute with a man later identified as Darrell Hinkle. Surveillance footage reportedly shows a man identified as Hinkle approach Blakney carrying an assault-style rifle, exchange words with him, then open fire. Investigators linked a suspect to the scene and the weapon through that footage and witness accounts.

Does anyone who knew Dajuan or who was in Fairlawn that night have information that could help fill gaps in the timeline or identify additional witnesses?