Delany Christopher Epps, 29, was shot and killed on the evening of September 22, 2015, in the 1400 block of V Street NW in Washington, D.C.’s U Street corridor. Officers found Epps in the street about 8:25 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. Witnesses described a chaotic scene with diners on a nearby patio diving for cover as shots rang out.

Police say the shooting followed an argument between Epps and another man, later identified as 29-year-old Raphael Antonio Roy. Authorities allege Roy opened fire, striking Epps five or six times; responding officers pursued and arrested Roy after a brief foot chase and recovered a 9 mm Hi-Point pistol Roy reportedly discarded while fleeing. Roy was booked and charged with first-degree murder while armed.

Friends and family memorialized Epps at a vigil on September 25; online tributes note he was a father of three, worked at Booker T. Washington Charter School, and was known by nicknames including Fatz and Fat GuWop or Wop. The court record shows the case proceeded in D.C. Superior Court and resulted in a conviction and sentence in February 2016. Did anyone in the U Street area that night see something that might still help clarify what happened?