In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, May 29, 2022, gunfire was reported in the 900 block of 9th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Second District arrived about 2:31 a.m. and found 46-year-old Charlie Miller, a man of no fixed address, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital by DC FEMS but was pronounced dead despite life-saving efforts. The shooting happened near an encampment for people experiencing homelessness in the Mount Vernon Square area.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch identified a suspect, and on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 55-year-old Howard Fritts, also described as having no fixed address, was arrested and charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed in connection with Miller’s death. Court documents list him as Howard W. Fritts and say he is also known as Howard W. Fritts, Jr.; a sworn statement filed in court reports that he denied possessing or firing a gun.

Did anyone in the Mount Vernon Square area hear or see anything the morning of May 29 that could help investigators?