Carlos Christopher Smith was shot and killed inside a residence at 890 Southern Avenue SE in Washington, D.C., on the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2008. The shooting occurred at about 10 p.m.; the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide and Sexual Offenses Branch opened an investigation and assigned Detectives Gail Brown and Manuel Gaffney to the case.

Police asked the public for help and offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Family members named as survivors are his parents, Anabelle Jackson and Carlos C. Smith Sr., and his brother Stanley Jackson. A funeral service was held December 2, 2008, at The Temple of Praise on Southern Avenue SE, with interment at Harmony Memorial Park.

The homicide remains open and no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact the assigned detectives, the Command Information Center, or submit an anonymous tip through the Crime Solvers line or text tip line.