A fatal shooting in Northeast Washington, D.C. left a 20-year-old man dead on the evening of Friday, December 5, 2025. At about 8:08 p.m., officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District responded to the 300 block of Morse Street NE in the NoMa neighborhood after reports of gunfire inside an apartment complex near Union Market. First responders found the victim unconscious inside an apartment with multiple gunshot wounds; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services performed lifesaving measures but the man died at the scene. Authorities identified him as Roy Lee Bennett Jr., a resident of the area.

Police say witnesses saw a group of four to five people running from the building shortly after the shots, and detectives have been working to identify those individuals. No arrests have been announced. The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.

Did anyone in the NoMa area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?