On the late afternoon of February 22, 2016, 21-year-old Deandre A. Sibblies was fatally shot in the back on the 4500 block of Quarles Street NE in Northeast Washington, D.C. His mother had dropped him at the nearby Kenilworth-Parkside Recreation Center, where he had spent years playing and later mentoring youth in football. A frantic call brought her back to the scene; Deandre was rushed to a hospital but died of his injuries. His clothes were left behind the crime-scene tape.

Known as Dre, Sibblies was described by family and friends as popular and outspoken, never arrested, and employed in jobs from construction to grocery stocking while training to be a cross-country truck driver. He was carrying his first tax refund check the day he was killed. The shooting occurred on his sister Andrea Watkins’s 22nd birthday and compounded a family history of loss from an uncle killed by gun violence more than a decade earlier.

The Metropolitan Police Department asked the public for help after the homicide, but no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported and the case remains unsolved. Deandre’s mother has suggested a dispute with people he knew, and community whispers pointed to jealousy, but police have not released an official motive. If anyone knew Deandre, his movements that afternoon, or has information that could help, please come forward.