In the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 22, 2012, a burst of gunfire in the 1300 block of Stevens Road SE in Washington, D.C. left 27-year-old Levern Butler fatally wounded. Metropolitan Police responded at about 1:00 a.m. and found Butler with a gunshot wound; he did not survive. Detectives from the Homicide Branch opened an investigation and the department distributed flyers and asked the public for any information that could help the case.

Despite those appeals, no arrests have ever been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to list the death as an open homicide. For Butler’s family and friends, the absence of answers has prolonged their grief and left the case unresolved.

If anyone has information about what happened on Stevens Road that night, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department.