On the evening of September 19, 1978, Lloyd Dudley Jones, 31, was shot and killed while working as a taxi driver in Northeast Washington, D.C. At about 5:55 p.m. in the 1100 block of 2nd Street NE, Jones was found inside his parked cab with a single gunshot wound to the left side of his neck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators concluded the fatal shot was fired by a passenger from inside the vehicle and that the attack appeared linked to a robbery or attempted robbery; he was the fourth taxi driver killed in a robbery attempt in the city since April of that year. The homicide remains unsolved, no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

A reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.