A shooting in the pre-dawn hours ended the life of Samari Young on Saturday, July 30, 2005. At approximately 4:15 a.m., Young was shot and killed on the 400 block of Kennedy Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department responded, but the shooter had already fled and few details about the circumstances of the attack have been released.

The case remains unsolved and is listed among the Metropolitan Police Department’s unsolved homicides of 2005. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced, and investigators continue to appeal to anyone with information to come forward. If anyone knew Samari Young or has information about that early-morning shooting, please share what you know with authorities.