Deron Snoop Leake was 27 when he was shot dead in the 4200 block of 6th Street SE, Washington, D.C., on a Thursday afternoon in October 2019. He was in the Cascade Park Apartments with a group of friends described as close-knit blood brothers. A dispute in a hallway preceded the shooting; as Leake and his friends were leaving, gunfire erupted and Leake was struck in the head and died at the scene. Another friend was shot in both legs and survived.

Police found a loaded handgun reportedly under Leake’s body, and the surviving friend, who was also armed, admitted to returning fire. Investigators later identified a suspect, Davonte Brothers, and charged him with first-degree murder. Prosecutors said surveillance footage from a DEA camera captured Brothers at the scene and fleeing in a car after the shooting. The defense questioned the thoroughness of the investigation and pointed to other potential suspects with motives against Leake; a key witness initially could not identify the shooter and named Brothers only after his own arrest.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know the people who were in Cascade Park Apartments that day or have information about what happened in the hallway before the shooting?