Anthony Bruce Stidam was shot and killed on a Saturday night, September 14, 1996, around 10:35 p.m. The shooting occurred in the 4100 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SW in Washington, D.C., and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation that remains unresolved and has since been classified as a cold case.

No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested, and police have not released a motive or further details about the circumstances of the shooting. The department has continued to ask the public for help and has offered a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Little is publicly known about Stidam’s personal life or his age at the time of death.

If anyone has information about that September 14, 1996 shooting or knew Anthony Stidam, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department with tips.