On the night of Monday, November 3, 2008, gunfire was reported in the rear of an apartment building on the 1200 block of Brentwood Road NE in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Fifth District found 15-year-old Ladonta Longshore with a severe gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Washington Hospital Center and placed on life support.

Three days later, on Thursday, November 6, 2008, life support was removed and Ladonta was pronounced dead. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch classified the death as a homicide and opened an investigation. A reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Reports do not indicate any arrests in connection with Ladonta’s killing, and the case remains open. If anyone has information about Ladonta, his movements that night, or the shooting on Brentwood Road NE, please come forward.