The White House on Sunday night shared a heartbreaking video of DC resident Felicia Cook, telling the story of her 23-year-old grandson, Marty, who was shot seven times and murdered in “cold blood” in April.
“They got this old slogan out. They say, ‘if you want to get away with murder, kill them in DC.’ That’s a slogan. That’s the street slogan,” Felicia said before telling her tragic story. “See, DC, they need everything that Trump is doing. I don’t care what they say about him. Fix it.”
President Trump, on August 11, signed an executive order declaring a “crime emergency” and invoking powers under section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to federalize the police. He also deployed hundreds of federal agents and National Guard troops across the capital.
Violent crime and homicide have since seen a sharp decrease in Washington, DC. Notably, last month saw a rare 12-day streak without any murders.
As of last week, there had only been four murders in the district since Trump’s takeover of the Washington, DC, police department roughly one month ago. This is a stark contrast from the roughly 100 murders DC had during the first seven months of 2025, averaging approximately 14 murders per month.
Felicia Cook explained that on April 23, her grandson had not come home after going on a date and that he was shot seven times, which she described as being “overkilled.”
“My grandson was 23 years old, just getting his life together,” she said. She noted that she spoke went to the Department of Justice and Mayor Muriel Bowser, but “my grandson’s life didn’t matter, and I live with that pain every day.”
“They heard his story! They knew it. They saw us out there, crying. Never did nothing,” she added.
Finally, she thanked President Trump for “hearing it” and “doing something right,” and she pleaded with DC residents to understand that “somebody’s finally trying to do something to make it better.”
Hundreds of families each year feel the same trauma as the Cook family.
“Thank you so much, because, please, it brings some soothing to my pain to know that somebody cares, and somebody somewhere cares, and I don’t want this to happen to nobody else,” Felicia concluded.
WATCH:
Cook: You know, they got this old slogan out. They say, “if you want to get away with murder, kill them in DC.” That’s a slogan.
That’s the street slogan. Every time I turn around, there’s another shooting, there’s a murder. In the district, they killing them and walking away with minimum time. See, DC, they need everything that Trump is doing.
I don’t care what they say about him. Fix it. My name is Felicia Cook, and I’ve been a DC resident since I was born there in 1956. On April the 23rd, that’s when Marty went missing.
I went downstairs, and he wasn’t there. I said, Well, I’m gonna call his job and see if he’s been to work, because I know how excited he was about the job.
And the people said at work that he hadn’t been to work. When I hung up the phone, it’s kind of like I knew something was wrong.
Meantime, my daughter coming up here every Friday, and she going through everything he had downstairs, and she found out his last conversation was with some girl he had met on Plenty of Fish. He went to visit her, and he never came back home. That’s all he was doing was going on a date. That was it.
He shot that boy seven times! He overkilled him! Cold blood! He didn’t give him a chance! My grandson was 23 years old, just getting his life together, man.
My grandson’s life didn’t matter, and I live with that pain every day. What are you telling the victims? We don’t matter. The criminals matter more. The Democrats did do it. I stood in front of the Department of Justice. I talked to Mayor Bowser. They heard his story! They knew it. They saw us out there, crying. Never did nothing.
We have to live with this for the rest of my life. I’m so glad somebody’s finally hearing it. The man is doing something right. It’s time for it. I don’t care what you say. Be mad at me. Be mad at me!
Somebody’s finally trying to do something to make it better. You want the clean up? You want it to stop? Let them kill us? No. You mean business. Thank you. Thank you so much, because, please, it brings some soothing to my pain to know that somebody cares, and somebody somewhere cares, and I don’t want this to happen to nobody else.
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