On the evening of November 21, 2019, 33-year-old Brian Tyrell Butler was shot inside a residence in the 2300 block of Ainger Place SE in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Seventh District officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 8:32 p.m. and found Butler suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead from his injuries. The scene investigation confirmed the shooting occurred inside the home and the police opened a homicide investigation and offered a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

On December 4, 2019, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 22-year-old Diquan Lucas of Northeast D.C. on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant. Lucas was charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with Butler’s death. In June 2021 it was reported that Lucas rejected a plea deal that would have allowed a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter while armed.

If anyone has information about Butler, his movements that evening, or the arrest, please share what is known.