Yamalith Arroyo, 27, was killed on Christmas Eve 2014 outside El Sabor Latino Restaurant in the 3900 block of 14th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. She arrived for her shift at about 5:30 p.m. and was struck by a bullet to the chest and suffered a graze wound to the head. Officers nearby heard the shots; one found Arroyo on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant and she later died despite medical attention.

Witnesses identified a man seen fleeing the scene as her ex-boyfriend, Marvin W. Lopez (also known as Marvin Lopez Cabrera). Detectives recovered threatening Facebook messages from Lopez to Arroyo sent days before the shooting in which he threatened to kill her. An arrest warrant for first-degree murder while armed was issued for Lopez on December 25, 2014, but he was not in custody at that time.

The case remained an active investigation. Did anyone in the D.C. community see or hear anything that night, or have information about Lopez’s whereabouts around December 24–25, 2014?