On the morning of August 26, 2023, 18-year-old Keni Em’Arion McKinley Edwards was fatally shot in the 2000 block of 10th Street Northwest, near the U Street corridor. Metropolitan Police officers heard gunfire and found Edwards with gunshot wounds at about 4:06 a.m.; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported him to a hospital where he died. An adult man at the scene sustained a graze wound that was treated on location and was not reported as life-threatening.

Detectives with the MPD Homicide Branch opened an investigation but did not identify a suspect or state a motive, nor did they establish any relationship between Edwards and the other wounded man. Born January 8, 2005, Edwards grew up in Woodbridge and Dumfries, Virginia, graduated in June 2022, and was pursuing Job Corps training in electrical work and information technology. The MPD issued a public homicide bulletin and advertised a reward; a viewing and funeral were held September 7, 2023.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help identify who was responsible, please come forward.