On the late morning of September 15, 2021, a dispute that began with words at Ballou High School ended with deadly gunfire on a street in Southeast Washington, D.C. Thirty-seven-year-old Tarshaqua Chappell of Temple Hills, Maryland, was shot in the 1300 block of Congress Street SE at about 11:53 a.m. and later died at a hospital from her wounds.

Investigators say the shooting followed a verbal altercation earlier at the high school. Police arrested 37-year-old Chakeatia Jackson and her son, Jaquell Jackson, in December 2021. Authorities charged both with second-degree murder while armed; court documents allege Chakeatia Jackson identified Chappell’s vehicle to her son, who then fired into the car.

Later filings show guilty pleas were entered and the adult son received a lengthy prison term while the mother was sentenced on a lesser weapon charge. Does anyone have information about the events at Ballou High School that day or remember seeing Ms. Chappell’s vehicle on Congress Street SE?