The family of a Riverdale man who was gunned down outside a D.C. hotel Sunday night is pushing for answers.
Akim Toure, 27, was found shot to death near the entrance to YOTEL’s parking garage, just a couple blocks from Union Station.
“I want justice for my son, justice for my son,” Toure’s mother said.
She was overcome with emotion outside the family home in Riverdale, Maryland Monday, overcome with emotion as she grieved the loss of her son.
Toure was an IT specialist who came to the area from Sierra Leone when he was a child.
“It was maybe a five minute discussion or argument that happened and what they don’t understand is who they took from us,” Alexcia Bobb-Williams, Toure’s cousin, said. “He wasn’t a bad guy at all. If you go on his LinkedIn, he is a corporate guy. He works for so many IT companies”.
Toure was shot multiple times Sunday night outside the parking garage of YOTEL on New Jersey Avenue, D.C. police said.
The shooting stemmed from an argument over a woman at what’s been described as a rowdy pool party on the roof of the hotel, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. Toure’s family said he was trying to protect that woman when he was shot.
“We don’t even know the girl that he was standing up for,” Bobb-Williams said. “Nothing, we don’t have anything yet, and it’s crazy because it’s literally a couple of minutes from the Capitol and there is a fire station literally right next to it and I don’t understand how my cousin lay on the ground and passed away.”
In a statement to News4, YOTEL management said, “On Sunday August 3, our team assisted the police with the investigation of a fatal shooting that took place on the sidewalk in front of the parking garage adjacent to our hotel. This is an ongoing investigation and we do not have further details. Please direct all enquiries to local authorities.”
In a post to X early Monday morning, D.C. police said detectives were looking for a man with dreadlocks wearing a white shirt and shorts driving a black sedan, possibly a Honda.
Family members say Toure’s father died a few years ago, and the 27-year-old was always looking out for his mother and sister.
“Literally always looking at the next convention to go to,” Bobb-Williams said. “Just anything to level up and help his family.”
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