A 16-year-old high school student, DeShawn Francis of Alexandria, Virginia, was fatally shot while sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle on Chesapeake Street SE in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened February 8, 2022; Francis was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died there on February 11, 2022. He had been accompanying a family member for a planned marijuana transaction when the meeting escalated.

Police say the transaction involved a young man identified as Eugene Williams, who returned to the scene with an accomplice, Anthony Green. Surveillance footage reportedly shows Williams approaching the passenger side armed and firing a single shot that struck the unarmed Francis in the head. Williams and Green fled and an exchange of gunfire occurred between them and Francis’s family member.

Francis was a student at Alexandria City High School who hoped to play college football and pursue entrepreneurship; family remembered him as helpful, loving, and someone who made others laugh. Does anyone have information about that evening or about the people involved?