Jermaine Richards Jr. was 17 when he was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, July 30, 2017. Police answered a report of a shooting about 2:55 p.m. in the 4400 block of Quarles Street NE and found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Richards Jr. lived in Southwest Washington.

The homicide was one of several violent incidents in the city that weekend. The Metropolitan Police Department investigated and asked the public for help. On Tuesday, August 8, 2017, officers with the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 23-year-old Tyrell T. Moody of Northeast Washington on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant; he was charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed in connection with the shooting.

If anyone has information about Jermaine’s movements that afternoon or witnessed activity around Quarles Street NE on July 30, 2017, please come forward.