Richard Antonio Joseph was 50 when he was killed in a shooting in the early hours of Christmas Eve, 2022. The shooting occurred at about 12:54 a.m. in the 3600 block of Georgia Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fourth District found Joseph with apparent gunshot wounds; he showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another adult male was also shot and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Gunfire damaged several parked cars and shattered windows at nearby businesses, including the Afro Lounge. Detectives from the MPD Homicide Branch are investigating. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named, and authorities have offered up to a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.