Julius Barnett Ellington, 35, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of July 5, 2012. At about 2:20 a.m. gunfire erupted in the 600 block of Morton Street NW; Ellington suffered fatal injuries and was taken to a hospital where he died. A second adult male was also struck but survived.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch investigated and asked the public for help. The case later went cold; authorities offered up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. There have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity around Morton Street NW shortly after 2:20 a.m. on July 5, 2012, please come forward.