In the pre-dawn hours of November 15, 2021, multiple gunshots were reported in the 1900 block of 14th Street Southeast in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Sixth District arrived about 6:05 a.m. and found two men shot at separate nearby locations: one in the 2100 block of 14th Street Southeast and the other in the 2000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast. One victim was 68-year-old Nathaniel Martin, a Black/African American man. Both wounded men were taken to a local hospital; Nathaniel Martin died of his injuries.

On April 18, 2022, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 30-year-old William Brock, a man with no fixed address, on a D.C. Superior Court warrant. Brock was charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with Martin’s death, and also charged with assault with intent to kill while armed and robbery while armed. The investigation into the shooting remained active.

If anyone knew Nathaniel Martin or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.