Andrew Lamont Pugh, an African-American/Black man, was shot in the predawn hours of Wednesday, December 27, 2006, on the 2600 block of Birney Place SE in Washington, D.C. At about 2:40 a.m. gunfire broke the quiet of the Congress Heights neighborhood; Pugh collapsed in front of 2651 Birney Place SE and was found mortally wounded by responding officers and pronounced dead soon after.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch led the investigation. Detectives Elbert Griffin and Brett Smith were listed on a public case flyer, and the department offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Flyers were translated into multiple languages and distributed as part of efforts to reach witnesses who might have been on Birney Place that night.

Did anyone in Congress Heights that night hear or see something that could help explain what happened or identify those responsible?