On the night of Monday, October 16, 2023, gunfire in the 1400 block of C Street NE in Washington, D.C. left two men wounded. First District officers arrived around 10:19 p.m.; 29-year-old Cahli Thomas of Northeast D.C. was found with fatal gunshot injuries and died at the scene. A second man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Thomas was a city resident, a father and son described as active in his community and an employee of the District’s Department of Energy and Environment who supported local high school students. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch is handling the investigation; no suspects or arrests have been announced and the police are offering up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact the investigators handling the case.