On January 6, 2021, 20-year-old Ibrahim Sesay, a Delaware State University student home visiting friends, was killed during an attempted armed robbery inside a minimart in the 1300 block of 9th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. Around 11:34 p.m., shots were fired when assailants tried to rob the store; Ibrahim was struck multiple times as one of the suspects fired while fleeing, and was later shot in the face by a second assailant as he lay on the ground. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

Homicide detectives identified two 18-year-old suspects, Sean Howard III of Northeast D.C. and Shaquille Bynum of Northwest D.C., who were arrested in early March 2021 and charged with first-degree murder while armed. Both later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed and received 144-month sentences. Family members described profound and irreparable harm, with Ibrahim’s father noting Ibrahim was his only son to carry his name and his sister calling the defendants cowardly for shooting a man who was already down.

If anyone witnessed the robbery or has information about Ibrahim that could add context to the case, please share what is known.