On June 15, 2019, 37-year-old Richfield Chang was found inside a Capitol Hill apartment on Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast, suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was discovered unconscious and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. A woman at the scene was also found with multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Investigators focused on an acquaintance, 30-year-old Peter Nhek Neth, after evidence at the apartment and witness accounts suggested a personal dispute. The unit described the apartment as being set up for retail marijuana sales; a witness reported hearing a commotion and seeing the female victim throwing clothing into the hallway shortly before the shooting. An arrest warrant for first-degree murder was issued for Neth.

A multi-day search ended on June 19 in Ashburn, Virginia, when a fugitive task force found Neth at a relative’s townhouse. After a hours-long standoff, officers entered and found Neth deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Was anyone in the neighborhood around Pennsylvania Avenue that morning who saw or heard something that could help clarify what happened?