On the evening of October 23, 2021, a verbal dispute at a BP gas station in the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue Southeast, Washington, D.C., escalated into a fatal shooting. Twenty-three-year-old Juwan Michael Smith of Southeast was found unconscious with a gunshot wound after first responders arrived around 8:13 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

Metropolitan Police officers arrested a 24-year-old man near the scene identified as Javon Duckwilder, also of Southeast. Duckwilder was charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Smith’s death; investigators said the shooting grew out of the verbal altercation. Duckwilder was also charged in a separate October homicide of 23-year-old Alexander Nwogu. In the Smith case, Duckwilder later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed.

Did anyone witness the argument at the gas station or have information about Smith’s final movements that evening?