Gregory Burton, 62, was fatally shot in the pre-dawn hours of April 15, 2022. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department found Burton with a gunshot wound at about 12:39 a.m. in the 1500 block of Good Hope Road Southeast in the Fairlawn neighborhood; he was pronounced dead at the scene despite emergency medical response.

Homicide detectives opened the investigation promptly. In the days after the killing the department publicly asked for help and offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Anyone who was in the area that night or who has information about what happened is asked to contact investigators.