On a cool autumn evening in Washington, D.C., the life of 23-year-old William Deon Howard was cut short by gunfire. On Saturday, October 26, 2013, at approximately 11:14 p.m., the sound of gunshots pierced the night in the 3000 block of Stanton Road, Southeast. When officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene, they discovered Howard and a woman, both suffering from gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical services responded swiftly, but Howard succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The female victim was transported to a local hospital where she was reported to be in stable condition. The incident was ruled a homicide, and an investigation was launched into the fatal shooting.
In the weeks that followed, the Metropolitan Police Department actively sought assistance from the public to gather more information about the events that transpired that night.
In an effort to generate leads, authorities released a video in November 2013 of a man they identified as a 'person of interest' in the case. The video showed a man involved in a physical altercation in what appeared to be daylight.
Despite the release of the video and the ongoing investigation, no arrests have been publicly announced in connection with the murder of William Deon Howard. The case remains one of the city's unsolved homicides from 2013, leaving a family without answers and a community searching for justice. The motive for the shooting has also not been released by the police.
