In the early morning hours of Monday, July 29, 2024, a burst of gunfire in a Northeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood left 29-year-old Phillip Williams dead. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 3500 block of Ames Street, Northeast, around 2:46 a.m. and found Williams unconscious and not breathing. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities say Williams had no fixed address. The MPD has opened a homicide investigation and is asking the public for information; a reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone was in the area of 3500 block of Ames Street, Northeast, around 2:46 a.m. on July 29, 2024, or has information about Phillip Williams’s death, contact detectives with what they know.