In the early morning of January 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jason Lewis shot and killed 13-year-old Karon Blake.

[7] The older male would later be identified as a nearby homeowner, 41-year-old Jason Lewis of 1033 Quincy Street, Northeast, a government employee, and the younger as 13-year-old Karon Blake, a student at Brookland Middle School.

Lewis, armed, stepped onto his front patio and fired a shot at the parked car, which contained the other two juvenile males.

Police chief Robert Contee expressed sympathy for the other two males involved, who were seen on video fleeing the scene, who remain unidentified.

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is African American, told the press the party involved in the shooting was a government employee and that they'd been placed on administrative leave.

[10] On Monday, January 23, 2023, a funeral service for Blake was held at Israel Baptist Church, located at 1251 Saratoga Avenue in Washington, D.C. News outlets reported hundreds of mourners, including local politicians and elected officials, were in attendance.

[18] On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, U. S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves announced that a warrant had been issued for Jason Michael Lewis, a 41-year-old African American resident who'd been employed by the District of Columbia's Parks and Recreation Department for 18 years, in the death of Blake.

[11] Lewis was charged with second-degree murder, a Class A felony in the District of Columbia, and ordered to be held without bond while he awaits his trial.

[22] On Thursday, March 9, 2023, Judge Anthony Epstein of the DC Superior Court ordered that Lewis be released while awaiting trial, saying there was insufficient evidence that he was a danger to the community.

Karon should be alive today," and Council Member Zachary Parker said "No car or material possession is worth a life – under any circumstance.

[31][32] Murder in the second degree has the potential to be reduced to manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, in the absence of malice aforethought.