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On November 27, 2016, 27-year-old Anthony Young was shot and killed on the 600 block of L Street SE in Washington, D.C. Young’s girlfriend was also wounded by gunfire and suffered permanent nerve damage. Surveillance footage from the scene shows a man later identified as Babajide Pittman pacing and waiting, then firing eight shots at Young, pausing, and firing four more.

Pittman was arrested and tried. He said he acted in self-defense, testifying that he believed Young was reaching for a gun and that he fired until Young was no longer moving. In October 2018 a jury convicted Pittman of first-degree murder while armed, aggravated assault, assault with intent to kill, and four gun-related offenses. In March 2019 a D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced the 33-year-old to 40.5 years in prison. Young’s mother addressed the court, saying she had been consumed by pain and depression and that Pittman showed no remorse.

If anyone knew Anthony Young, his movements that day, or has information about the confrontation, please share what is known.