On September 25, 2018, in the predawn hours around 2:27 a.m., 24-year-old Anthony Daniel Lawson was found in the 6200 block of Eastern Avenue NE in Washington, D.C., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. EMS transported Lawson to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His death was one of four homicides within a 24-hour span in the city during a year of rising homicide numbers.

Investigators later tied the shooting to a dispute over a vehicle. On April 19, 2019, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 31-year-old Demetrius Void of Southeast, D.C., on a D.C. Superior Court warrant; he was charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Lawson’s death. A witness said Void had brandished a gun and demanded keys from a family member at a nearby gas station before returning and shooting Lawson.

In June 2023 prosecutors moved to dismiss the first-degree murder and related firearm charges after two key witnesses died; Void remained in custody on other charges stemming from the incident. If anyone knew Anthony or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.