"Last night, Investigator Wayne David was tragically killed in the line of duty. A 25-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, he was by all accounts a dedicated guardian and public servant to his home city. My heart aches for his family and the MPD community. There are no words that can fill the space when someone so beloved is taken from us, but I offer my deepest condolences and comfort to the family and colleagues left behind in this senseless loss.

We have too many illegal guns in our community and across the country. Investigator David dedicated his career to getting those guns off our streets, and his untimely death should be an urgent call to take action federally and locally to stem the tide of illegal guns that put our officers and our neighborhoods at risk every day."