Antonio Gardiner, 36, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was fatally shot the night of July 4, 2020, after an incident at a McDonald’s in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. Earlier that evening he had visited his mother and planned to attend a family cookout. While in line at the restaurant just before 11 p.m., fireworks being thrown by a group reportedly struck his foot; when he went to investigate a dispute escalated and he was shot multiple times. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Detectives arrested a 14-year-old male from Southeast D.C. on July 8, 2020, and charged him with First Degree Murder. Police said they were also seeking an additional suspect seen on surveillance and offered a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The charged juvenile was held in the custody of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services; prosecutors offered a plea to second-degree murder that the youth rejected in favor of a trial, and the court repeatedly denied motions for his release, noting the seriousness of the charge and that he was on release for another case at the time of the shooting.

Are there witnesses who recall the events outside that McDonald’s or anyone with information about the other person seen on surveillance?