Brady Flowers Jr. was 18 and a senior at Jackson-Reed High School, days away from graduation, when he was shot in an alley behind a CVS on the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW near Tenleytown Metro. The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2026; he was struck in the hip, taken to a hospital, and died the next day on May 8, 2026.

Brady was a football team captain, a lacrosse player on a championship team, and had plans to join the Air Force and start work at the Waldorf Astoria. Reports say he was with friends when an altercation reportedly occurred, possibly over cash he was carrying. His mother relayed that a teen who was present described one person holding him while another struck him with a gun before the shooting.

The Metropolitan Police Department has offered up to a $25,000 reward and said detectives are seeking a group of 10 to 15 male juveniles seen fleeing the area; no arrests or named suspects have been announced. If anyone knew Brady, witnessed the May 7 incident, or has information about the group seen leaving the alley, please come forward.