Dashawn Hammonds was 23 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 6, 2014, in Washington, D.C. At about 5:23 a.m. gunfire was reported in the rear of the 1200 block of Simms Place NE. Officers found Hammonds with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for help in the days after the killing. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced, and the case remains unsolved, leaving Hammonds’ family and community without answers.

If anyone has information that could help advance this investigation or remembers seeing anything in the area that morning, please contact the authorities.