In the spring of 2013, the life of a young Washington, D.C. man was tragically cut short in an act of violence that remains unresolved. On the afternoon of Thursday, May 16, 2013, police were called to an apartment in the 1200 block of Talbert Street in Southeast D.C. Inside, they discovered the body of 28-year-old Charles Anthony Garris. A resident of Southwest D.C., the young man had sustained an apparent gunshot wound.
Two days later, on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police Department officially declared his death a homicide. The cause of death was confirmed to be a shooting. Charles Garris, a Black male, was just one of the many lives lost to violence in the city that year, his case becoming another statistic in the District's unsolved homicides. Funeral services were held for him on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at St.
Matthews Baptist Church in Southeast D.C.
Despite the passage of time, the investigation into the murder of Charles Anthony Garris has not publicly identified any suspects or resulted in any arrests. His case is listed among the major case/unsolved homicides by the D.C. police. The circumstances surrounding his shooting and what led to him being in that particular apartment on that fateful afternoon remain unclear to the public. The detectives assigned to the case at the time were noted, but there have been no subsequent announcements regarding persons of interest or a motive in his killing. The story of his death is one of abrupt loss, leaving behind unanswered questions and a case that continues to await a resolution.
