On the afternoon of Monday, February 29, 2016, 21-year-old Adam Edwin Barker was shot in the 2700 block of Langston Place SE in Washington, D.C. First responders arrived at about 4:19 p.m.; Barker was taken to a local hospital and died of his wounds the next day, March 1, 2016. He was identified as a Black male, 21.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and sought the public’s help. Investigations led to the arrest of 24-year-old Paul Swann, who was charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting. Another person, Traveous Brown, was also charged in connection with Barker’s death; the case later proceeded through court with a mistrial and subsequent plea developments.

If anyone in the Langston Place area that afternoon remembers something out of the ordinary or has information about the individuals involved, please come forward to assist the ongoing inquiry.