On the night of Friday, December 23, 2016, gunfire rang out in the 2200 block of Mount View Place SE. Officers from the Seventh District arrived about 9:32 p.m. and found two men who had been shot. Both were taken to a nearby hospital; 29-year-old Damian Keith Thomas of Northeast, DC, later died of his injuries and was pronounced dead. The other victim was left in critical condition.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation and asked the public for help. A reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The case remains open; anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.