On the evening of March 7, 2023, a burst of gunfire in the 2700 block of Bruce Place SE, Washington, D.C., left 23-year-old Dana Faulkner dead from a gunshot wound to the back of his head. He was a resident of Southeast D.C. and a new father. Another man at the scene suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.

About ten minutes later and more than two miles away at Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue, police found 15-year-old Abdul Fuller unconscious with a critical gunshot wound to the back of his head. He was rushed to a hospital and died two days later. Investigators say Fuller had been at the Bruce Place shooting and was driven to where he was found; evidence indicates the shots that struck Faulkner came from a stolen Hyundai Elantra from which three people emerged and fired.

Arrests followed: in December 2023, 19-year-old Kevin Foster was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, with documents citing surveillance and social media linking him as the stolen vehicle’s driver. In June 2024, a 17-year-old male from Northeast D.C. was arrested in Florida and extradited, charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with Faulkner’s death. The investigation remains ongoing.

Did anyone in Southeast D.C. see activity around Bruce Place or the Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue area on the night of March 7, 2023?