On the morning of August 25, 2021, 27-year-old AnTwan Gilmore, a Black man, was found asleep inside his BMW at a traffic light at Florida and New York Avenue NE in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police officers responded to a call about an unconscious person and saw Gilmore unresponsive with his foot on the brake and a handgun in his waistband. Eighteen officers were on scene as they cleared the area.

Body camera footage shows officers knocking on the window to wake Gilmore. As he awakened and the car began to roll forward, Metropolitan Police Sergeant Enis Jevric fired multiple shots into the vehicle. Gilmore’s car then struck a tree; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Officers later noted the handgun remained tucked in his waistband under his buckled seatbelt and no other officers fired.

The shooting prompted public outcry and calls for justice.