Shalonte Pearson was 24 when she was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle on the 400 block of 61st Street Northeast in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of gunfire at approximately 12:52 a.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and Metropolitan EMS transported her to a local hospital where she later died. Her death was ruled a homicide and the case was assigned to the MPD Homicide Branch.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about Shalonte Pearson’s last movements, contact the Homicide Branch with what is known.