Thomas Deal was 23 when he was fatally shot in Southeast Washington, D.C., in the early hours of March 5, 2015. The shooting happened about 12:57 a.m. in the 1400 block of Cedar Street, SE; emergency responders reached the scene but Deal’s wounds were too severe and his death was ruled a homicide.

A visitation was held March 20, 2015, and a service took place at J.B. Jenkins Funeral Home Chapel in Hyattsville, Maryland; he was interred at Harmony Memorial Cemetery in Landover, Maryland.

If anyone has information about what happened on Cedar Street that night, please contact the investigating agency.