In the early morning of Saturday, December 4, 2021, 40-year-old Willie Spain Jr. was shot in the 4400 block of Falls Terrace SE, near the Benning Terrace Recreation Center in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C. Officers arrived about 1:11 a.m. and found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation, canvassed the area and appealed to the public for information. A reward of up to $25,000 was offered for tips leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone saw activity in the Falls Terrace SE area that night or has information about this shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.