Robert Adams was a 16-year-old African-American male who was shot and stabbed inside the Tai Chang Carry-Out at 1023 Bladensburg Road NE just after midnight as April 30, 2004, turned into May 1. Police were called around midnight and found him gravely injured; he later died from multiple wounds. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch handled the scene, but investigators encountered limited leads and witnesses, and the homicide was classified unsolved.

Authorities later offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and flyers with the case details and detective contact numbers were circulated. Public cold-case records list his death as death by force; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone was at Tai Chang Carry-Out that night or has information about who entered or left the store around midnight, please contact the investigators handling the case.