Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Monday, March 14, 2022, in the 700 block of 13th Street, Southeast.
At approximately 3:21 pm, members of the First District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, the members located two adult male victims suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and discovered one of the victims displayed no signs consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The second victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of life threatening injuries. After all life-saving efforts failed, the victim was pronounced dead.
The decedents have been identified as 22 year-old Antoine Jenkins, of Capital Heights, MD, and 62 year-old Antwan Brown, of Southeast, DC.
The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000, for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide in the District of Columbia bringing the total reward amount in this case to $50,000. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.