In the early morning hours of Friday, February 28, 2020, a young man’s life was tragically cut short on a street in Northeast Washington, D.C. De’mari Twyman, a 21-year-old male from Oxon Hill, Maryland, was in the 700 block of Monroe Street, NE, near Catholic University, when gunfire erupted at approximately 8:52 a.m.. First responders arrived to find Twyman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment, but despite all lifesaving efforts, he was pronounced dead..
The Metropolitan Police Department immediately launched a homicide investigation, seeking the public's help to identify the person responsible for Twyman's death. Detectives began to piece together the events of that morning, and their investigation led them to identify 22-year-old D'Andre Mickle of Northwest, D.C., as the suspect in the fatal shooting..
The search for Mickle took a dramatic and permanent turn two months later. On April 28, 2020, Mickle was involved in an incident in the 1800 block of 24th Street, NE.. Reports indicate that Mickle forcibly entered a residence and was confronted by an armed individual inside.. An altercation ensued, and Mickle was shot and killed.. Following an investigation into this separate incident, Mickle's death was classified as a justifiable homicide, closing the case on the man police believed was responsible for the death of De'mari Twyman..
