On the morning of Tuesday, December 28, 2004, 18-year-old Jaavon Smith was shot in the 1400 block of Smith Place SE in Washington, D.C. Police were called about 2:05 a.m.; Smith, who lived on the 1400 block of Savannah Street SE, was found with gunshot wounds and taken to Howard University Hospital where he later died. The Metropolitan Police Department lists his death among the major unsolved homicides of 2004.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly named and the investigation remains open. If anyone knew Jaavon, saw activity in that neighborhood that night, or has information about this shooting, please come forward to investigators.