Ramone G. Thorne was killed in a downtown Washington, D.C., shooting in the early hours of April 12, 1997. At about 12:33 a.m. he was shot in the 600 block of Morton Street NW; the Metropolitan Police Department classified the death as a homicide.

The case remains unsolved. No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested, and the motive and specific circumstances of the shooting have not been released. The MPD has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

Anyone with information about Ramone G. Thorne’s death is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police Department.