Aaron Wiggins, 26, was fatally shot after a flag football scrimmage on the evening of October 6, 2021, on an elementary school athletic field in Capitol Hill. The game on the 400 block of 12th Street Southeast continued until the lights switched off around 9:45 p.m., and players agreed to play one final down. Wiggins caught the winning touchdown. As players gathered to leave the darkened field, verbal taunts escalated.

According to investigators, Antonio Hawley took a handgun from a teammate’s bag, approached Wiggins, and fired 17 times. First responders found Wiggins with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy reported 12 bullet strikes to his elbow, arms, hands, legs, hip, and chest.

Detectives used surveillance footage and witness interviews in the investigation that followed. If anyone attended that game or has information about the events that night, are there details that could help clarify what happened before the shooting?