On the night of October 16, 2022, gunfire broke out in the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road Southeast in Washington, D.C., leaving 32-year-old Jamontate Brown, a man of no fixed address, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Police arrived after a 12:10 a.m. call, found Brown unconscious on a sidewalk and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators recovered an extensive array of evidence: 80 spent cartridge casings, four live rounds, and 22 bullet fragments, and a handgun was found on Brown’s person.

Prosecutors later described the incident as part of a feud between rival neighborhood crews, Wellington Park and Stanton Oaks, alleging Brown was associated with Stanton Oaks and had opened fire in a Wellington Park parking lot before being struck by eleven bullets. A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged in December 2022 in connection with the killing; his defense disputed that he fired any shots and pointed to lack of DNA or fingerprint links and differences in witness descriptions and surveillance clothing.

Who in the neighborhood can shed light on the events that night or the rivalry between these crews?