Carl Edwards was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Monday, December 5, 2005. Around 1:10 a.m., gunfire erupted in the 1200 block of Bladensburg Road Northeast in Washington, D.C.; police found Edwards suffering from gunshot wounds and he later died of his injuries. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch handled the investigation, but the initial inquiry did not produce any immediate suspects or arrests.

The case remains open and is now treated as a cold case. The department has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and no publicly released suspect identifications or arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knows something about activity on Bladensburg Road around 1:10 a.m. on December 5, 2005, please contact investigators.