A Washington, D.C. community lost 30-year-old Fajr Vallejos to a fatal shooting on the evening of December 2, 2022. Police were called at about 8:20 p.m. to the 1700 block of W Street Southeast and found Vallejos inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced her dead at the scene.

Vallejos’s two young children were in the backseat when the shooting occurred. Family members said the children were traumatized; her young son reportedly described the gunfire as fireworks before seeing his mother crash the car. Family believe Vallejos was driving home after picking the children up from her parents when she was struck, possibly in what they described as a drive-by shooting.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. As of early December 2022, no arrests had been announced. If anyone knew Fajr, saw activity in the 1700 block of W Street SE on December 2, 2022, or has information about this shooting, please come forward.