Andrew Session was a 27-year-old father of three from Southeast, D.C., remembered by family and friends as outgoing, smart and funny. Known by nicknames 3 Drew and 2 Drewski, he was shot on the afternoon of Thursday, January 21, 2021. Police responded to a residential building in the 4400 block of 3rd Street, Southeast after a report of a shooting at about 2:48 p.m. Officers found Session in a hallway with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch investigated and pursued leads for several months. An arrest warrant was executed on Friday, May 7, 2021, and members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Joshua Franklin, a 35-year-old resident of Morningside, Maryland. Franklin was charged with first-degree murder while armed and related firearm offenses and remains charged and awaiting trial after repeated delays and changes in defense counsel.

If anyone knew Andrew, his routines, or saw activity in the 4400 block of 3rd Street, Southeast on January 21, 2021, please share what might help the case.