Demeitri Anderson was 23 when he was shot and killed outside Ken’s Beauty Supply at the BENCO shopping plaza on the 4500 block of Benning Road Southeast in Northeast Washington, DC, on November 29, 2020. The shooting occurred shortly after 12:30 p.m.; officers in the Sixth District who were already nearby heard the gunfire and found Anderson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and showing no signs of life. He was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Prosecutors later described a suspect, identified as 27-year-old Antoine Turner, who allegedly approached the plaza after walking a looping route through the neighborhood, then walked up behind Anderson and fired at point-blank range. A uniformed officer in a marked cruiser across the street observed the attack and watched the gunman flee, discard a handgun, and escape in a red Nissan Versa. Detectives linked Anderson’s killing to another November 2020 homicide on Dix Street Northeast, and Turner was arrested and charged in early December 2020.

Anderson’s family and friends memorialized him online, including the nickname 3 Heavy. Does anyone have information about Anderson’s life in Northeast DC or the plaza area on that November afternoon?