On the morning of July 25, 2020, a shooting in the 1900 block of 16th Street SE in Southeast Washington, D.C., left 40-year-old Tia Cokley dead. Police arrived about 11:41 a.m. and found Cokley unconscious on a front porch with multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead despite life-saving efforts.

Responding officers detained 39-year-old David Robinson a short distance from the scene. Robinson and Cokley were known to one another. Robinson was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with her death. In January 2021 Robinson pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter under a plea agreement, acknowledged that it was messed up that he killed the decedent and said he did not mean to do so, and was convicted and scheduled for sentencing.

If anyone knew Tia Cokley or has information about the events that morning, please share what you know.