On the evening of October 11, 2017, gunfire tore through the 6200 block of 8th Street NW in the Brightwood neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., leaving two men dead and another wounded. Twenty-five-year-old Renard Marsh, a Black man from the area, was on a porch when several gunmen ambushed the location. Marsh was fatally wounded in the exchange but returned fire, striking one assailant identified as 22-year-old Sefjuan Jones of North Carolina, who also died.

A third man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and the house was left riddled with bullet holes.T he Metropolitan Police Department investigated the incident as a robbery attempt that escalated into a shootout; Marsh’s family said he had been set up. A reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains open.

Did anyone in Brightwood see activity on 8th Street NW that night or know more about what led to the ambush?