On November 5, 2021, at about 4:58 p.m., 26-year-old Anthony Depetris was shot in the 3500 block of Minnesota Avenue Southeast, Washington, D.C. First responders found him with critical gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries. The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

On December 3, 2021, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a 24-year-old man from Southeast, D.C., on a D.C. Superior Court warrant charging him with First Degree Murder While Armed – Felony Murder in connection with Depetris’s death. Detectives continued to pursue leads; on January 25, 2022, the Fugitive Unit of the Major Violator Section arrested 25-year-old Omar Williams of Southeast, D.C., on the same charge. The police say the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Anthony Depetris, his movements that afternoon, or the events on Minnesota Avenue Southeast, please share what is known.