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A Saturday morning shooting in Northeast Washington, D.C., ended the life of 30-year-old Leo Hackett in the spring of 2016. On April 30, Hackett was found with a gunshot wound in the 800 block of 21st Street NE at about 10:48 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries.

Police arrested 67-year-old Wilbert Whitaker shortly after the shooting and charged him with second-degree murder while armed. Whitaker rejected a plea deal in February 2017 and chose to go to trial. By August 2019 the charge had been upgraded to first-degree murder while armed and Whitaker was under home confinement as the case continued; the trial remained pending into late 2022.

Does anyone who lived in or near the 800 block of 21st Street NE that morning remember seeing anything that could help this investigation?