On the afternoon of March 19, 2018, Aujee Tyler, 22, was shot multiple times on the 3500 block of Stanton Road in Southeast Washington, D.C. He was taken to a local hospital reportedly conscious but died later that day. Tyler, known as Quick, was a two-time National Silver Gloves champion, an amateur boxer with professional aspirations, a mentor to boys in his neighborhood, a husband and a father of three.

Authorities identified a close acquaintance, 16-year-old Kaevon Sutton (also known as Baby Ahk), as the primary suspect and obtained an arrest warrant for first-degree murder. Sutton was located and arrested in Ohio by U.S. Marshals in June 2018 after leaving D.C., and was charged as an adult with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a pistol without a license. At trial the defense argued Sutton acted in self-defense, saying he believed Tyler had a gun and had threatened him; a witness described a mentor-mentee relationship between the two. Sutton was acquitted of first-degree murder and the firearm-possession-in-a-crime charge but convicted of carrying a pistol without a license on March 23, 2023.

Does anyone have information about Tyler’s life in the neighborhood or his work with local youth that could help fill in what happened that day?