Marcus Covington, 49, was fatally shot on the platform of the Anacostia Metro Station in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon, February 23, 2021. Around 1:35 p.m. he was approached by a man who came down the escalator; after a brief conversation and what appeared to be a half-hearted hug, the man produced a handgun and fired multiple times at close range. Covington was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died the next day, Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

Metro surveillance captured the entire encounter and investigators used that footage to identify the suspect. The Metropolitan Police Department named 26-year-old Kirk Spencer as the person who fled the station after the shooting; members of the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested him on Friday, March 19, 2021, and he was charged with first-degree murder while armed.

Did anyone witness Marcus that afternoon or remember seeing the encounter on the platform?