On the morning of April 13, 2024, a patrol officer in Southeast Washington found a vehicle partly on the sidewalk at Stanton Road and Mississippi Avenue. Inside was 35-year-old Christian Elsberry of Clinton, Maryland, unconscious and not breathing. It was about 4:12 a.m. when officers discovered that Elsberry had sustained multiple gunshot wounds; DC Fire and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating. No suspects or motive have been released, and no arrests had been announced. The department has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

What did anyone in the area see or hear in the early pre-dawn hours of April 13 that might help piece together what happened to Christian Elsberry?