Shortly before 12:45 a.m. on June 26, 2022, 23-year-old Markel Ford was shot in the 500 block of 50th Street NE in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District and emergency medical services responded; Ford and another man with gunshot wounds were taken to nearby hospitals. Despite medical efforts, Ford died of his injuries.

Homicide detectives opened an investigation and sought public help identifying those responsible. On February 9, 2023, the Capitol Area Regional Task Force arrested an 18-year-old male from Northeast, D.C., who was a juvenile at the time of the shooting. He was charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Ford’s death.

If anyone in the neighborhood that night saw the shooting or has information about those involved, please share what is known with investigators.