Aldolph Martino, a 27-year-old barber, was shot dead at work on April 14, 1989. He was cutting a customer’s hair at the Superior Barber Shop in the Benco Shopping Center, 4526 Benning Road SE, when a masked man entered about 1:40 p.m. and fired several shots at Martino’s head. The shop was crowded, with roughly 15 to 20 customers and some children present; patrons scrambled as the shooter fled.

The slaying was recorded as the city’s 142nd homicide that year. Despite numerous eyewitnesses inside the shop, the assailant’s identity remained unknown and no arrests have been made. Few details beyond the shooting are available in this account.

If anyone was at the Superior Barber Shop that afternoon or has information about the shooting, please come forward.