On the morning of August 7, 2023, 23-year-old Tevin Njenga Kamau was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Washington. Friends had been celebrating a birthday the night before; Tevin invited two acquaintances back for an afterparty. A disturbance prompted those two men to leave, and despite friends’ concerns that one of the men appeared agitated and had said he was armed, Tevin walked them out and reassured others he knew them. Surveillance footage shows Tevin escorting the men up the stairs and into the parking lot. Shortly afterward gunshots were heard and Tevin cried for help. Friends found him with gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen, and wrist, performed CPR, and he was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he died as doctors prepared for surgery.

Police arrested 19-year-old PJ Langu and charged him with second-degree murder and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, alleging Langu shot Tevin twice in the chest at point-blank range before fleeing. The local Kenyan community mourned the loss of Tevin, known as Nginyo to his loved ones.

If anyone who was at the gathering or who knows Tevin’s acquaintances has information, please share what you know.