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Street, turn right onto R Street, where Wingard was standing, and stop at the light on

Lincoln Road, close to the carryout. Clipper saw Wingard staring at the car. Both

men then returned to their group.



      Shortly thereafter, a tan Explorer driving south on North Capitol Street, which

contained two males and two females, passed the group. One of the females,

“Rakiya,” stuck her head out the window, said “fuck you[,] Jameeka,” and gave her

the finger. Washington laughed it off, explaining at trial that she and Rakiya had

previously been in fist-fights over a boy named Quinton, but that she had not seen

Rakiya in a year and did not think they were stillin a fight.



      At approximately 4:20 p.m., a black male walked southbound on North

Capitol Street toward Washington’s group. He pulled a black ski mask over his

face with one hand as he walked, and raised a gun with his other. When the shooter

was about fifty feet from the group, he fired a volley of about ten shots. Clipper

was hit in the leg but was able to hop to the median strip in North Capitol Street

where he collapsed. Another member of the group arched his back as though he

was hit. The shooter then took several “deliberate” steps toward the group and fired
                       