On the evening of June 29, 2021, 53-year-old Jeremy Black was walking home with his wife and friends on the 1400 block of R Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., when gunfire erupted between two groups. What the group initially thought were fireworks turned out to be a shootout; Black was struck by a stray bullet and died at the scene.

Black was a husband and father of two sons who had worked in international development and with the Peace Corps, including service in the Comoros Islands and later employment in the Peace Corps Office of the Inspector General. Authorities identified a suspect after the shooting: in November 2021 Dearay Anthony Wilson, then 25 and of Northeast D.C., was arrested and charged in connection with Black’s death. Charges against Wilson were upgraded to include first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and prosecutors say DNA linked him to shell casings at the scene; he has pleaded not guilty.

Investigators say other individuals who fired during the incident have not been captured. If anyone has information about that night or the people involved, please come forward.