Shawn Antonie Starling, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot in the late hours of Sunday, February 20, 2005, in the 200 block of 62nd Street Northeast, Washington, D.C. Police arrived after reports of gunfire around 11:00 p.m. and found Starling with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries. The death was classified as a homicide.

Starling was remembered by family as the son of Senobia Starling and Wendell Starling and the brother of Wendell Starling II. The case remains unsolved and cold; the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch continues the investigation, and no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. A reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone has information about Shawn Starling’s shooting or was in the area that night, please come forward with what you know.