A 23-year-old man, Xavier Fogle of Northwest D.C., was killed in an early-morning shooting on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third District responded about 4:25 a.m. to the 2600 block of 15th Street Northwest, near Meridian Hill Park, and found Fogle unconscious and not breathing with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives cordoned off the area to collect evidence and canvass for witnesses. The Metropolitan Police Department is offering up to a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. This was recorded as the District’s 63rd homicide of the year.

Anyone who may have seen or heard anything in that area around 4:25 a.m. on August 4, 2026, is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police Department with tips.