On Sunday afternoon, March 1, 2020, 13-year-old Malachi Lukes was shot while walking with friends to play basketball in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. At about 2:08 p.m. on the 600 block of S Street NW, a stolen silver Kia Soul pulled alongside the group, two people emerged and opened fire. Malachi was struck in the neck and back; the wound pierced his heart and lung and proved fatal. One friend was grazed by a bullet.

Authorities say the attack was not random but tied to a neighborhood turf war. Prosecutors described members of a local street gang as hunting for enemies and targeting youths in areas frequented by a rival crew, apparently seeking revenge for a fatal shooting the year before.

Investigators identified several suspects connected to a larger conspiracy of nearly a dozen other shootings. Aaron Brown pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill while armed; prosecutors said he remained in the stolen car during Malachi’s killing but later fired in a separate attack ten minutes afterward. A fifth co-defendant is still awaiting trial.

Did anyone in Shaw at the time see the stolen Kia Soul or the shooting that afternoon?