Anthony Arter, 18, was found with apparent gunshot wounds on a Metro bus in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., in the early morning of Friday, May 13, 2022. The incident was reported to police at about 1:43 a.m.; Fourth District officers located Arter and emergency medical personnel took him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch has ruled the death a homicide and is investigating. Authorities have offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone was on the 3700 block of 14th Street, Northwest, or on that Metro bus that morning and saw or heard anything relevant, please share what is known with investigators.