Adrian Burgess was 19 when he was shot and killed in Washington, D.C. on May 25, 2023. Officers from the Seventh District of the Metropolitan Police Department responded at about 1:36 a.m. to a shooting in the 100 block of Forrester Street SW and found Burgess, a Northwest D.C. resident, suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; the death was ruled a homicide and the Homicide Branch opened an investigation.

The Metropolitan Police Department has asked the public for help and is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named. If anyone has information that could help piece together what happened to Adrian Burgess, please contact investigators.