On the afternoon of Friday, May 6, 2022, 32-year-old Rashad DeMaris Davis of Southeast Washington, D.C., was shot and killed in the Fairlawn neighborhood. The shooting happened at about 4:29 p.m. in the 2300 block of Nicholson Street, SE. Officers from the Sixth District found Davis with gunshot wounds; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene.

Born July 29, 1989, in Washington, D.C., Rashad grew up in the Trinidad neighborhood and was a father to three sons, DeMaris, Makel, and Rashad Jr. He had been a quarterback for Massanutten Military Academy in his youth, remained a Green Bay Packers fan, and at the time of his death worked as a cook and a construction laborer to support his family. Friends remembered his dazzling smile and love of family and life.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch led the investigation. The department sought public assistance and offered a reward, and on September 22, 2022, an arrest was made: 31-year-old Marcus Barringer of Southeast D.C. was charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with Davis’s death. If readers have information about Rashad or this shooting, please share it with the MPD.