On the afternoon of December 30, 2024, a man was found with gunshot wounds in the 1800 block of Benning Road NE, Washington, D.C. Officers from the Fifth District responded just before 4:00 p.m. and discovered 31-year-old Damion Hill, who had no fixed address. DC Fire and EMS pronounced Hill dead at the scene.

Detectives secured the area and opened a homicide investigation. Police released a description of a person of interest seen wearing all black and carrying a gray satchel and offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. On March 11, 2025, authorities arrested 19-year-old Caleb Padilla of Northeast, D.C., on a DC Superior Court warrant charging Second Degree Murder While Armed in connection with Hill’s death.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the person seen in all black, or knew Damion Hill, please come forward to investigators.