Dewayne Weaver was 26 when he was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on the evening of Monday, November 5, 2018. He was in the Lincoln Heights area, in a courtyard of a housing complex on the 300 block of 50th Street NE, when gunfire broke out shortly before 7 p.m. Police found Weaver on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information. In the days after the shooting there were no public identifications of suspects or arrests, and officials did not release a motive or details about what led to the confrontation. If anyone was in or near the courtyard that evening or has information about Dewayne Weaver’s death, contact investigators with what they know.