Orlando Galloway, a 36-year-old Black man remembered by family as a jokester and their protector, was killed on the evening of Sunday, April 2, 2023, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Police were called at approximately 7:30 p.m. to an apartment in the 200 block of 14th Street SE and found Galloway with both gunshot and stab wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman in the apartment also had stab wounds and was taken to a hospital.

Court documents say the violence began during an argument between Galloway and his roommate, Julius Worthy, over $20 Galloway allegedly owed. According to those documents, Worthy fired eight shots, striking Galloway six times, then retrieved a kitchen knife and stabbed him five times in the neck before repeatedly beating him in the face with the gun. Worthy was arrested on April 3, 2023, and charged with second-degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill.

Galloway’s family described him as family-oriented and a beloved father who attended every gathering. Does anyone who knew Orlando or saw activity around 14th Street SE on April 2 have information to share?