Blake Travon Hunter was shot and killed inside a vehicle on the evening of May 1, 2005, at approximately 7:50 p.m. in the 5000 block of Benning Road SE, Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch opened an investigation but no arrests or public suspects have been announced. The police offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and the motive and precise circumstances of the shooting have not been released.

An obituary published after his death remembered him as a son, brother, and grandson and listed a visitation and service at a church in Suitland, Maryland. The investigation remains open and authorities continue to seek anyone with information about what happened that night.

Did anyone in the area on May 1, 2005, see or hear anything that could help the investigation?