In the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, May 27, 2025, gunfire rang out on the 1600 block of 14th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Third District arrived at about 3:59 a.m. and found 35-year-old Henry Crutchfield, a Black man from Waldorf, Maryland, unconscious in the street with a gunshot wound to his chest. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene.

The area, known for its restaurants and bars, was cordoned off and investigators began a homicide probe. Police said they were searching for a silver vehicle in connection with the shooting and offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone was in that stretch of 14th Street Northwest before 4 a.m. on May 27 and saw a silver vehicle, a confrontation, or anything out of the ordinary, the Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide unit wants to hear from you.