On the evening of September 24, 2020, a shooting in Friendship Heights ended the life of 20-year-old Tavon Brown. Officers responded to reports of gunfire at about 7:39 p.m. on the 5200 block of Western Avenue Northwest and found Brown unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead. A second male victim, shot in the same incident, was located in Montgomery County, Maryland with non-life-threatening injuries.

On December 22, 2021, detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch arrested a 43-year-old man identified as Michael Tymas of Northeast, D.C. He was charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed in connection with Brown’s death. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.