Raymond Leon Ballard, a 59-year-old Black man, was shot and killed inside a business on the 3000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE in Southeast Washington, D.C., just after 9 p.m. on January 23, 2024. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District found Ballard unconscious and not breathing with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.

The Homicide Branch opened an investigation and recovered surveillance footage from a nearby camera showing a blue coupe believed to be an Infiniti Q60 that may be connected to the incident. Police released a photo of the vehicle while canvassing the area and collecting evidence. A memorial was later placed in a park near the local spot known as The Corner.

No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been reported. If anyone has information about the shooting or the blue coupe, please share what is known with investigators.