Tavon Cox, a 41-year-old Black man from Baltimore, was shot in the head during what authorities believe was a marijuana transaction on the evening of January 11, 2020, in the 700 block of 24th Street Northeast in Washington, D.C. Officers found him inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds at about 8:03 p.m.; he was taken to a hospital and died the next day, January 12, 2020.

Detectives identified a suspect and on April 28, 2020, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 23-year-old Knico Wheaton of Southwest, D.C., who was charged with first-degree murder while armed. Investigators say Wheaton arranged to buy marijuana from Cox’s cousin, Cox drove from Baltimore to make the delivery, and when Cox allowed the men to smell the marijuana one of them produced a firearm and shot him.

Friends and family remember Cox as a loving father and husband who was planning to move his family to Georgia for a better life. Does anyone have information about Cox’s movements that night or about the meeting in Northeast D.C.?