On the early morning of Saturday, August 30, 2008, at about 1:20 a.m., Gemell Williams, a man also known as Lucky, was shot and killed in the 500 block of Newcomb Street SE in Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department responded and opened a homicide investigation into the fatal shooting.

No arrests have been announced and no suspect information or motive has been released; the Homicide Branch continues to investigate and has appealed to the public for any information that could help clarify what happened that night.

If anyone remembers the early-morning activity on Newcomb Street or has information about Gemell Williams that could assist the investigation, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch.