On Thursday afternoon, February 18, 2021, 30-year-old Youness Zarouaki of Alexandria, Virginia, was shot inside a residence near the Georgetown waterfront and later died at a hospital. Police were dispatched at about 3:13 p.m. to the 1000 block of Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest and found Zarouaki with a gunshot wound to the neck; another person in the home was also wounded.

Investigators say the house was known for hosting marijuana parties and for the sale of the drug. Charging documents and witness statements describe a planned robbery by at least two men and an accomplice who entered armed and demanded drugs and property. One of the suspects fired after thinking someone was reaching for a gun.

On September 14, 2023, Metropolitan Police fugitive investigators arrested 29-year-old Michael Sanders of Northwest, D.C., and charged him with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Zarouaki’s death. Charges were also brought against 31-year-old Darnell Resper; both face first-degree murder while armed, attempted robbery, conspiracy and firearm counts.

Did anyone who attended those parties or knew the occupants of the home see anything that could help the investigation?