Robert Ray Hobson was 31 when he was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., on November 9, 2019. At about 12:37 a.m. officers in the 200 block of L Street Southwest heard gunfire and found Hobson unconscious and not breathing; he had been shot and later died. The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and has been asking the public for help.

Whoever has information about that night or Hobson’s movements in the hours before the shooting is asked to contact the investigators handling the case.