On October 27, 2017, a burst of gunfire in the 2200 block of Hunter Place SE in Washington, D.C., left 22-year-old Ernest Edwin Baylor Jr. suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead. Ernest, born July 25, 1995, was a Southeast Washington resident and the father of three young children: Ernest III, Earynn, and Evan. He graduated high school in 2013 after attending D.C. Public Schools and Catholic schools, and had worked at several restaurants, most recently at Dacha Beer Garden.

Investigators arrested 28-year-old Talib Clay of Southeast D.C. on November 13, 2017; Clay was charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Baylor’s death. Authorities did not immediately release a motive. Did anyone in the Hunter Place SE area or who knew Ernest see anything that afternoon or have information about why this shooting happened?