On the morning of Saturday, May 29, 2021, gunfire was reported in the 1300 block of Adams Street NE in Washington, D.C. Officers arrived at about 4:15 a.m. and found a man with a gunshot wound. D.C. Fire and EMS responded and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as 22-year-old Zoruan Otto Harris, a Black man from Northeast D.C.

The Homicide Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department led the investigation, and authorities offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. On June 30, 2021, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 20-year-old Michael Grant of Northwest D.C., who was charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Harris’s death. Motive and many specifics of the shooting have not been publicly detailed.

If anyone knew Zoruan Harris or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.