Daud Khaalis was 25 when he was shot and killed on January 18, 1973, at a residence on 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C., a house that also served as a center for the Hanafi Muslim community. According to accounts of the incident, one intruder engaged Daud in a transaction for change, then other armed men announced a stick-up, took control of the house and led Daud to the third floor, where he was shot. He was the first of seven people killed that day, victims of a violent home invasion that also claimed children.

The attack was described as motivated by a feud with the Nation of Islam after Daud’s father, Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, leader of the Hanafi Movement, wrote letters critical of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. Investigators later indicted several men tied to the Black Mafia: James Price, Jerome Sinclair, John W. Griffin, John W. Clark, Thomas Moody, and William Christian; one defendant was acquitted after a key witness refused to testify. Does anyone have additional details about Daud, the house on 16th Street NW, or the people who knew him?