On the evening of Monday, December 6, 2021, Stephon Franks, a 27-year-old man from Southeast Washington, D.C., was found inside a vehicle at the intersection of Suitland Parkway and Stanton Road, Southeast, with apparent gunshot wounds. The Seventh District of the Metropolitan Police Department received the report at about 8:39 p.m. Emergency services transported Franks to a local hospital in grave condition; he died there the next day, December 7, 2021. His death was ruled a homicide and the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation.

Authorities later announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information about Stephon Franks, his movements that evening, or the vehicle where he was found, please come forward to assist the investigation.