In the spring of 2016, a daytime shooting in Southeast Washington, D.C. claimed the life of 29-year-old Demetrius Stevenson. On the afternoon of Thursday, May 26, 2016, police were called to an apartment building in the 2700 block of Langston Place SE. Inside, on a third-floor landing, they discovered Stevenson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
He was rushed to a local hospital but ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
According to his family, Stevenson was a maintenance man who was in the neighborhood that day to pick up his sons from school. His mother, Angela Holmes, described him as a 'good boy' and expressed her devastation, stating, 'They took a good boy from me. They took my son and it's going to be handled.' In the immediate aftermath, D.C. police had not identified a motive or any suspects in the shooting. Holmes, after speaking with detectives, mentioned that the police had 'a lot of leads' but were not sharing specifics of the investigation with her. She remained hopeful that the case would be solved quickly, placing her faith in the forensic evidence.
The area where Stevenson was killed had a history of violence, with several other homicides occurring on the same block in the preceding years, a number of which also remained unsolved. The Metropolitan Police Department offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Stevenson's case and appealed to the public for assistance. Despite the initial investigation and the reward offered, the case of Demetrius Stevenson's murder is listed among the unsolved homicides for 2016 by the D.C. police. As of late 2025, there have been no public announcements regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in his killing.
