On the afternoon of Sunday, June 30, 2019, 28-year-old Christopher Payne of Bowie, Maryland, was shot in a south alley in the 1400 block of W Street Northwest. Police arrived around 4:17 p.m. and found Payne unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene before his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

A second man was also found with a gunshot wound and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. That injured man, identified as 21-year-old Duan Garmany of Northwest, D.C., was arrested the same day and charged with first-degree murder while armed. Later, 24-year-old Malik Coles was also charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Payne’s death.

If anyone has information about what happened in the alley that afternoon or knew Christopher Payne, please share tips or leads with investigators.