A July 22, 2022 argument at a South Capitol Street SW tobacco and grocery store between 19-year-old Ronald Brown and 29-year-old Beysean Jones escalated into gunfire between vehicles in the 4000 block of Livingston Road SE. No one was hurt in that initial exchange, but investigators say it set off a cycle of revenge.

On the evening of July 27 surveillance footage shows a vehicle follow Brown’s car from the area of the tobacco store. The chase ended in a residential parking lot in the 4300 block of 4th Street SE at about 10:26 p.m., where at least two shooters opened fire on Brown’s vehicle with over 60 rounds from .40-caliber and rifle firearms. Ronald Brown was killed; 41-year-old Tijuan Wilson, an innocent bystander, was also fatally struck. Wilson’s long-term partner was critically injured while their children nearby were not physically harmed. Multiple vehicles and nearby homes were damaged.

Ballistics linked casings at the July 27 scene to a firearm used by Jones on July 22, and investigators say Jones had offered a $30,000 bounty in the days before the attack. Jones was arrested November 1, 2022, charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill and firearms offenses, and a jury found him guilty on all counts on June 26, 2024. Anyone with information about the events in July 2022 or who saw the vehicles involved is asked to come forward.