On the morning of July 7, 2020, gunfire in the 5000 block of Bass Place SE, Washington, D.C., left three people dead. Police arrived about 1:15 a.m. and found 29-year-old Marquise Lewis and 56-year-old Claudette Williams unconscious inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds; 20-year-old Juwan Wade was found a short distance away, also shot. All three were pronounced dead at the scene and the Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators later identified two suspects. In October 2020, 33-year-old Dale Benjamin was arrested; in February 2021, 44-year-old Jibri Qayyum was arrested. Both were charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed in connection with the three deaths, but a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed those charges in April 2021 for lack of sufficient evidence. Defense attorneys raised concerns about witness reliability, withheld information, and grainy video; defense counsel also pointed to surveillance footage reporting a muzzle flash from inside the vehicle where Lewis and Williams were found. The investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about Marquise Lewis or the events on Bass Place that night, please share what is known with investigators.