On the afternoon of January 6, 2020, 38-year-old Lamar Walters was standing outside a bodega on Franklin Street N.E. in Washington, D.C., when more than 70 shots were fired from the side of the store. Walters was struck by multiple bullets, fell, and tried to drag himself out of the street as the suspects’ vehicle fled. His father arrived and witnessed his final moments. First responders found Walters unconscious and not breathing; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy recorded four gunshot wounds and two bullets recovered from his body. Two other men suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were treated at a hospital.

Authorities identified several suspects. In April 2020, 18-year-old Jermaine Harris was arrested on a D.C. Superior Court warrant by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force with FBI assistance; days later 21-year-old Maurice Johnson was also apprehended. Both were charged with first-degree murder while armed. Prosecutors at Harris’s trial described neighborhood gang disputes as a possible motive and presented video showing a white Toyota Camry turning onto the street from an alley moments before the shooting; defense attorneys challenged the motive and aspects of the investigation.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see that Camry or recognize anyone connected to the bodega that day?