Willie Best, identified also as Willie R. Best III, was shot to death in the hallway of 1249 Eaton Road SE in the Barry Farms housing complex on the evening of Saturday, January 8, 2005. He and his family had been relocated into that unit months earlier through a federal witness program after Best and his mother were victims of an armed robbery in Lincoln Heights in September 2004 and agreed to testify against the accused. The U.S. Attorney’s Office initially placed the family in hotels before arranging the HUD-related move to Barry Farms.

Metropolitan Police Department detectives opened a homicide investigation and a reward of up to $25,000 was announced for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Best left behind a wife, Dionne R. Best, four children, his mother, siblings, and a stepfather.

Did anyone in the Barry Farms area see or hear anything in the hallway that evening that could help identify who shot him?