Shots rang out in a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood in the early hours of Saturday, August 17, 2013. At approximately 12:25 a.m. officers responded to the rear of the 1500 block of 23rd Street, SE, and found 29-year-old Javar Robert Allen suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation but the case remains unsolved and no suspects have been publicly identified. Authorities have offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Little else is publicly known about the circumstances that preceded the shooting.

Anyone with information about Javar Allen’s death is urged to contact the Metropolitan Police Department.