Ryan Norman Collins was 26 when he was shot in a rear alley in the 5300 block of First Street NW in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at about 10:39 p.m. Emergency services transported him to a nearby hospital, but he died of his injuries the next day.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation, and the case remains unsolved. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The motive and what led to the shooting in that alley have not been made public.

If anyone has information about Ryan Collins, his activities that evening, or the people seen in that area on August 15, 2009, please come forward.