On the evening of August 5, 2023, a mass shooting in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road SE, Washington, D.C., left five people shot and three dead. One of the victims was 35-year-old Bernard Hodges of Northeast, D.C. Hodges was a married father of four who worked three jobs, including as a stationary engineer at MGM National Harbor, and was described by family as committed to education and frustrated by local violence.

The shooting occurred at about 8:22 p.m. Hodges and two others, 34-year-old Reginald Gilbert and 27-year-old Tymea Cook, died of their injuries; two other adult men were wounded. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch responded and released surveillance images showing a vehicle tied to the incident, asking the public for help.

If anyone has information about that night, the vehicle seen on camera, or knew Bernard Hodges, please share what you know.