On Tuesday afternoon, March 19, 2024, 25-year-old Rasheem Bankins was shot in the 5000 block of C Street Southeast in Washington, D.C., at about 4:22 p.m. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District found two men with gunshot wounds; Bankins was pronounced dead at the scene and a second man was taken to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.

Detectives from the MPD Homicide Branch are leading the investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The department is asking anyone with information to come forward and is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for tips that lead to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about who was responsible, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department or submit a tip through their text line.