A Washington, D.C. neighborhood was rocked by gunfire on the morning of July 9, 2022. Amos Jones, a 33-year-old Black man, was shot in the 100 block of Atlantic Street Southeast at about 11:53 a.m. Officers arriving from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District found Jones and an adult woman suffering gunshot wounds. Emergency medical services pronounced Jones dead at the scene; he was later taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The female victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Homicide Branch is investigating and no arrests have been announced. Police have not released suspect descriptions and are seeking the public’s help, offering up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please share it with investigators.