On the late hours of Halloween night 2018, a dispute on a street in Washington, D.C. escalated into a fatal shooting that killed 34-year-old James Eric Ferrell. Officers found Ferrell on the unit block of Massachusetts Avenue NE, just outside Union Station, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and later died; police described an altercation before the shooting and initially sought three male suspects seen in dark clothing.

Investigators later arrested 34-year-old MacArthur Venable of Washington, D.C. Court records show Venable pleaded guilty in February 2020 to second-degree murder while armed. Prosecutors said Venable and another person encountered Ferrell, an argument turned violent, and Venable fired four times, hitting Ferrell twice in the chest; Ferrell ran across the street and collapsed. At sentencing Venable was given 18 years in prison followed by five years supervised release and Ferrell’s mother described the killing as senseless and heartless.

If anyone saw the confrontation near Union Station on October 31, 2018, or has additional information about that night, please share what is known.