David Hart was 22 when he was shot in Southeast Washington, D.C., on the night of July 27, 2018. The shooting occurred in the 4300 block of 4th Street, Southeast, just before 10 p.m.; Hart suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died after being taken to a hospital.

Three days later, police named 28-year-old Marcus Whitaker as a person of interest and sought him on a warrant charging second-degree murder while armed. Authorities described Whitaker as a Black male, about 5 feet 11 inches and 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous. For nearly ten months the search continued.

On May 8, 2019, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Marcus Whitaker in Southeast D.C.; he was taken into custody on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant and formally charged in connection with Hart’s death.

If anyone has information about David Hart, his activities that night, or the location where he was shot, please come forward.