On Monday afternoon, April 1, 2019, gunfire rang out on the 3300 block of Alabama Avenue Southeast in Washington, D.C. First responders found 44-year-old Rodney Gordon with a gunshot wound at about 2:09 p.m.; he was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation and canvassed the neighborhood for evidence and witnesses.

In the days after the shooting, authorities asked the public for help and offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to arrest and conviction. If anyone saw or heard anything in the 3300 block of Alabama Avenue Southeast around 2:09 p.m. on April 1, 2019, or has information about Rodney Gordon’s death, please come forward to assist the investigation.