On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 23-year-old Juwaun Robert Smith was found unconscious inside a vehicle in the 4400 block of Ponds Street NE, near Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Northeast Washington, D.C. First responders arrived shortly before 4 p.m.; Smith had multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation. Few details have been released publicly, no arrests have been announced, and no suspects have been identified. The department is offering up to a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction and is asking anyone with information to contact their tip lines, including an anonymous text option.

If anyone in the community remembers activity in the 4400 block of Ponds Street NE on October 22, 2019, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.