On the evening of December 3, 2020, officers responding to a reported traffic accident at the 700 block of Morton Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., found 25-year-old Devonte Wilson inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and died the following day.

Within a week detectives identified a suspect. On December 10, 2020, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 32-year-old Mohamed Goodwin of Northwest, D.C. He was charged with second-degree murder while armed. At the time of his arrest Goodwin was under the supervision of the Pretrial Services Agency and had prior arrests that included assault on a police officer and firearms offenses.

Goodwin later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed. In June 2023 he attempted to withdraw that plea, saying he had intended to defend himself against another person in the vehicle rather than to shoot Wilson. Anyone with information about Devonte Wilson or the events of December 3, 2020, is asked to come forward.