On the afternoon of Sunday, February 26, 2023, officers from the Sixth District of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at a residence in the 3300 block of D Street SE, Washington, D.C. Inside the home were two men with apparent gunshot wounds, later identified as 54-year-old Nathaniel Alphonso Howard Sr. and 57-year-old David Wright. Both showed no signs of life and were taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Detectives from the Homicide Branch investigated and focused on a suspect known to the victims. On the same day the bodies were found, 41-year-old James Jones of Southeast, D.C. was arrested and charged with two counts of Second Degree Murder While Armed. Authorities recovered a firearm at the time of the arrest. The motive has not been released.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know Nathaniel Howard Sr. or David Wright, or have information about who might be able to help investigators?