Momar Bayete Jackson was found suffering multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body in the middle of the 2400 block of 17th Street Northeast in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, December 17, 2005, at approximately 9:49 p.m. The circumstances of the shooting are unclear; police described it as a homicide and opened an investigation with detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch leading the case.

No suspect information or arrests have been publicly released, and the motive remains unknown. The case stayed open, and the Metropolitan Police Department offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Momar Jackson, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department.