In the early morning hours of February 1, 2007, 41-year-old Marcel Erwin was found in the 900 block of H Street NE in Washington, D.C., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene at about 5:26 AM. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch opened an investigation and the case remains an active homicide inquiry.

No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced. Authorities have offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Erwin was a son, the father of three children, and engaged to be married at the time of his death; family and friends remember him fondly.

If anyone has information that might help solve Marcel Erwin’s murder, please contact the investigators handling the case.