Gunfire rang out in Mount Pleasant at about 1:14 a.m. on September 30, 2020, when police found 33-year-old John Pollard suffering from a gunshot wound on the 3200 block of Hiatt Place NW. Emergency responders pronounced Pollard dead at the scene. He was identified as John Marvin Pollard II, known as Lil Marvin, a Black man from Northwest D.C., remembered by family as laid-back and charismatic, a devoted son, brother, and uncle who loved basketball and video games.

Pollard earned his high school diploma in 2012 and was employed in the custodial industry, having recently taken a job at the Pentagon. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Branch investigated; on November 9, 2020, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 28-year-old Randle Price of Northwest D.C., charging him with first-degree murder while armed, and a second suspect was later apprehended. The department offered up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.

Does anyone have information about Pollard, his movements that night, or witnesses who haven’t yet spoken to investigators?