On the evening of Friday, July 19, 2019, police responding to a welfare check at a home in the 1100 block of Queen Street NE in the Trinidad neighborhood found 57-year-old Hugh Washington-Scruggs and his 17-year-old son, Ahkii Tavon Washington-Scruggs, both fatally shot. A concerned family member had requested the check; it was not immediately clear how long they had been deceased inside the apartment.

Hugh Washington-Scruggs was a disabled former construction worker who lived with his son. Ahkii was a rising senior and a linebacker on the Dunbar Senior High School football team, remembered by teammates and coaches for his talent and his dream of playing in the city’s Turkey Bowl. The Metropolitan Police Department opened a double homicide investigation and offered rewards of up to $25,000 per victim for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Police initially released no suspect information and as of late 2019 no arrests had been announced. If anyone saw suspicious activity around Queen Street NE on or before July 19, 2019, please share what was seen.