On the evening of Monday, August 1, 2022, 24-year-old Lance Melvin was fatally shot in the 1500 block of F Street Northeast in Washington, D.C. The shooting occurred at approximately 8:28 p.m.; officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District found six adult men with apparent gunshot wounds. Five were taken to local hospitals with injuries described as non-life-threatening. Melvin, a resident of Southeast D.C., was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Homicide Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified, and a reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. The case remains open as family and friends mourn.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or recognizes a detail that could help, please come forward.