Vanessa Brooks-Williams, 34, was shot and killed inside her Southeast Washington, D.C., apartment on the evening of Saturday, July 10, 2021. Officers who responded to a 9:40 p.m. call for the 5100 block of Fitch Street SE found her unresponsive; emergency medical personnel pronounced no signs of life at the scene.

Investigators treated the case as a domestic homicide. The suspect was identified as 37-year-old Klein Lawrence, described as an on-and-off boyfriend. The day of the shooting included prior conflict between the couple, and a witness in the apartment reported hearing an argument just before a single gunshot. After an intensive manhunt, Lawrence was located and arrested on Wednesday, July 21, 2021; a handgun was recovered when he was taken into custody and officers reported he threatened self-harm during the confrontation.

Has anyone in the Marshall Heights area or who knew Vanessa or the couple come forward with further information?