Ronald McKnight, 44, was found dead from gunshot wounds in the bathroom of a hostel on the 1600 block of 7th Street NW in Washington, D.C., in the early hours of April 18, 2021. Police were called for an unconscious person around 1:31 a.m.; emergency personnel pronounced McKnight dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested 39-year-old Nathan Hunter, a man with no fixed address, the same day and initially charged him with second-degree murder while armed. According to police and court documents, McKnight and Hunter had been in the hostel bathroom together for over half an hour before the shooting. Prosecutors say wounds were defensive; the defense contended Hunter shot in self-defense after being attacked and noted McKnight had 190 ng/mL of PCP in his system and a history of offenses linked to PCP use. In March 2022 a judge found sufficient evidence to proceed to trial on a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter while armed.

Does anyone have information about McKnight’s movements that night or about the circumstances inside that hostel bathroom?