Frank Winchester was 40 and a well-known, long-time employee at Frager’s Ace Hardware when he was fatally shot on the evening of Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2021. The shooting occurred in the 1400 block of L Street, SE, near the Potomac Avenue Metro station, where he had been visiting a friend. He was taken to a local hospital but did not survive his injuries, recorded as the city’s 79th homicide of the year.

Winchester left behind a longtime girlfriend and their two-year-old son. The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information; authorities and the family had no known motive at the time and no arrests have been publicly announced. Frager’s Hardware held a vigil and established a memorial fund to help his son.

If anyone who lived or worked in Capitol Hill that night has information about the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.