On the late morning of January 27, 2004, 23-year-old Tyrone Whopper Burton was shot and killed while standing outside in the 3400 block of 10th Place SE in Southeast Washington, D.C. The shooting occurred about 11 a.m. in front of 3418 10th Place SE; Metropolitan Police officers on scene treated it as a deliberate, fatal attack and the case was assigned to the Violent Crimes Branch, with Detectives James Broadbent and Arrington leading the investigation.

A reward poster offering up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction was issued and phone numbers for the detectives and the department’s command center were circulated, but early canvasses produced thin leads and no clear suspect description or public motive emerged. A funeral service was held February 2, 2004, at Holy Christian Missionary Baptist Church, and Burton was buried at Glenwood Cemetery; he was the son of Robin M. Burton and the late Willie Tyrone Garrett and is remembered by family, including daughters who were young when he died.

The Metropolitan Police Department continues to list his killing among the major unsolved homicides for 2004, and no arrests or public identifications of suspects have been made. Did anyone in the neighborhood that morning see something that hasn’t been shared with investigators?