A 47-year-old Washington, D.C., man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after a fatal shooting at a bus stop on Minnesota Avenue Northeast and a second, armed confrontation with police less than 20 minutes later in which an officer shot and seriously wounded him, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said. The victim of the bus-stop shooting was identified as Yeferson Moreno-Gimenez, 27, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and the accused as William Louis Chase Jr., 47, of Northwest Washington. The charges are allegations; the case has not been decided in court.
Source: Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.
The first shooting: a man found at a bus stop
On Thursday, October 29, 2026, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Sixth District officers responded to the 4100 block of Minnesota Avenue, Northeast, for the report of a shooting at a bus stop, MPD said. Officers located an adult male who was unconscious and not breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS transported the victim to a local hospital where, despite lifesaving efforts, he was pronounced deceased. Police identified him as 27-year-old Yeferson Moreno-Gimenez of Temple Hills, Maryland — a pre-dawn commuter-corridor killing on one of Northeast Washington's main avenues.
Source: Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.
Nineteen minutes later: gunfire in a business parking lot
At approximately 5:19 a.m., Sixth District officers responded to the 3900 block of Minnesota Avenue, Northeast, for the report of a male suspect firing a gun in a business parking lot, the department said. Upon arrival, officers observed the suspect brandishing a firearm. As officers exited their vehicle, the suspect discharged the firearm in the direction of a bystander exiting the business, resulting in the officer subsequently discharging their service weapon. DC Fire and EMS transported the seriously injured suspect to a local hospital for treatment, and the suspect's firearm was recovered at the scene and photographed by the department.
Source: Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.
The investigation determined that the suspect involved in the initial shooting at the bus stop was the same individual involved in the officer-involved shooting, MPD said. Police identified him as 47-year-old William Louis Chase Jr. of Northwest, D.C. Chase was arrested and charged with Murder 1, Felony Assault on Police Officer and Emergency Personnel, and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun). Reporting published on November 1 by Englebrook Independent News laid out the same sequence and charges from the department's statement, and confirmed that Chase was seriously injured in the police shooting and taken to hospital.
Source: Englebrook Independent News, Nov 1, 2026
What is solid
- Yeferson Moreno-Gimenez, 27, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was shot at a bus stop in the 4100 block of Minnesota Avenue NE at about 5:00 a.m. on Oct 29 and died in hospital (MPD).
- At about 5:19 a.m., blocks away, a man fired toward a bystander in a business parking lot and an officer shot him; police say he was the same man as the bus-stop suspect (MPD).
- William Louis Chase Jr., 47, was arrested and charged with Murder 1, Felony Assault on Police Officer & Emergency Personnel, and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) (MPD).
What is only claimed
- Police have not publicly established a motive, or whether Chase knew Moreno-Gimenez or the bystander.
- The bystander's identity, and whether the bystander was injured, have not been released; the number of shots fired has not been disclosed.
Two investigations now run in parallel
The killing itself is being investigated by MPD's Homicide Branch. The officer's shooting of Chase is being investigated separately by the Internal Affairs Bureau's Force Investigations Team, which investigates all law-enforcement officer-involved shootings in the District of Columbia, and the United States Attorney's Office will independently review the facts and evidence in the case, the department said. The members involved have been placed on administrative leave, pursuant to MPD policy — the standard step in District police shootings, not a finding about the shooting itself.
Body-camera footage and the District's rules
The release of body-worn camera footage in this case is governed by District of Columbia law, D.C. Official Code § 5–116.33(c)(2), MPD noted — the provision that controls when footage of a police shooting can be made public. That means two public records will matter in the coming days: the charging documents in Chase's criminal case, which must spell out what detectives say connects him to the bus-stop killing, and any body-camera release decision on the parking-lot shooting. The department logged the case under CCN 26155305.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call D.C. police at 202-727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
What happens next
Chase was seriously injured and hospitalised in the department's account, so his first court proceedings will follow his medical condition and the filing of formal charging papers. Prosecutors will have to prove the first-degree murder charge in court; the separate Force Investigations Team review and the U.S. Attorney's independent review will decide whether the officer's use of force followed District law and department policy. For residents along the Minnesota Avenue corridor — an early-morning route for bus riders, shop workers and commuters in Northeast Washington — the open questions remain the ones police have not yet answered: why the bus-stop shooting happened, and whether the two men knew each other.