Levoire Simmons was 16 when he was shot and killed on the 700 block of Kenilworth Terrace, Northeast, Washington, D.C., at about 1:10 a.m. on July 5, 2022. A citizen flagged down emergency personnel; Simmons was found with a gunshot wound and taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where no signs of life were recorded.

Authorities identified 33-year-old Alphonso Oliver of Southeast, D.C., as the person responsible for the shooting. Oliver surrendered to police on July 10, 2022, and was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed. Court testimony says Oliver had been released from prison a few months earlier after a sentence for aggravated assault. Family accounts and the defendant’s version differ about what happened that night; Oliver has claimed self-defense, while a judge found probable cause to proceed on the murder charge.

If anyone was in the area of Kenilworth Terrace that night or knew Simmons or his companions, can you share what you remember?