José Carcamo, 59, was killed by a stray bullet that entered his Columbia Heights apartment on the evening of Sunday, May 25, 2025. The shot came from a shooting in an alley behind his building on the 1500 block of Ogden Street Northwest; shell casings were recovered there. Officers arrived around 6:11 p.m. and found Carcamo unconscious with a gunshot wound. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services administered aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A construction worker from El Salvador, Carcamo was described as noble and hard-working and had been building a house for his mother in El Salvador. Authorities say he was not the intended target. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating, has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and has not publicly identified any suspects or made arrests.

Did anyone in Columbia Heights see or hear anything in that alley around 6:11 p.m. on May 25 that could help investigators?