On the evening of July 1, 2018, police were called to the 1800 block of 23rd Street, SE in Washington, D.C., where they discovered a man unconscious and unresponsive. The man, identified as 60-year-old Stephen Cosetti Cade, a male born on March 3, 1957, was suffering from a gunshot wound.
Emergency medical services responded to the scene, but tragically, Cade succumbed to his injuries.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later officially ruled his cause of death as a homicide resulting from the gunshot wound. His death marked the first of fifteen gun-related fatalities in the city for the month of July that year.
At this time, there is no publicly available information regarding any arrests that have been made in connection with the shooting death of Stephen Cade. Details about any potential suspects or the circumstances leading up to the incident have not been released by law enforcement officials as the investigation remains ongoing.