In the pre-dawn hours of Friday, February 10, 2023, Thomas Goodman, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot on the 1700 block of Minnesota Avenue Southeast in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Sixth District officers responded to a shooting call at about 2:57 a.m. and found Goodman with an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries.

Detectives from the MPD Homicide Branch are investigating. The shooting was one of two fatal shootings in the Anacostia area within hours and a few blocks of each other. No suspects or arrests have been publicly announced and a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone has information about Thomas Goodman’s shooting, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department.