On the evening of April 3, 2020, at about 6:50 p.m., 28-year-old David Deandre Young of Clinton, Maryland, was found with a gunshot wound in the 3400 block of 22nd Street Southeast in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Seventh District responded and emergency personnel transported Young to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooting also wounded another person, a juvenile male, who suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was treated at a local hospital. The Homicide Branch later identified suspects; on August 2, 2020, police arrested 20-year-old Wesley Scott of Southeast, D.C., and charged him with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Young’s death. On August 19, 2020, 17-year-old Michael Benbow of Southwest, D.C., was taken into custody and charged as an adult with first-degree murder while armed.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew David is asked to come forward.