Sixteen-year-old Christopher Battle was shot and killed around 9:30 p.m. on December 23, 2000, near 17th and C Streets Northeast in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police officers responding to reports of gunfire found Battle suffering from gunshot wounds; the Homicide Branch opened an investigation.

The case went cold despite investigative efforts and remains an unsolved homicide. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to ask the public for help and has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Battle’s death.

Anyone who was in the 17th and C Streets Northeast area on the night of December 23, 2000, or who has information about Christopher Battle’s murder is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police Department.