In the winter of 2014, a tragic event unfolded in the nation's capital, forever altering the lives of one family. On the afternoon of December 4th, 37-year-old Anthony Larry Leak Jr., a Black male from Suitland, Maryland, was found inside a car at the intersection of Anacostia Avenue and Ponds Street in Northeast Washington, D.C. He had been fatally shot in what the Metropolitan Police Department would later rule a homicide.
At the time of the incident, which occurred shortly before 1
p.m. near the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, there were suggestions that Leak may have been working as a courtesy driver, possibly offering rides to shoppers from a nearby Safeway. The news of his sudden and violent death sent shockwaves through his community, leaving friends and loved ones to grapple with the senseless loss of a man described by his niece as the 'sweetest more harmless man the world was blessed to have.'
In the immediate aftermath, the Metropolitan Police Department issued a public appeal for assistance, urging anyone with information regarding the shooting to come forward. Investigators were tasked with piecing together the events that led to the fatal shooting of Anthony Leak Jr.
Despite the passage of time, publicly available information and news reports have not indicated that any arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Anthony Larry Leak Jr. The case, like so many others, remains a painful and unresolved chapter for his family, a stark reminder of a life cut short by violence. His loved ones were left to mourn and remember a man who had, just the year prior, joyfully walked his niece down the aisle.
