On the morning of Saturday, October 23, 2021, gunfire was reported in a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District arrived at the unit block of 54th Street, SE, at about 1:26 a.m. and found an adult woman unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds. She was identified as 38-year-old Rickisha Waller-Henderson. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel pronounced her dead at the scene.

Waller-Henderson was reported to have no fixed address. The Homicide Branch opened an investigation and the Metropolitan Police Department sought public assistance, offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. There have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects, and the case remains listed among unsolved homicides in the District.

If anyone has information about Rickisha Waller-Henderson or the shooting on 54th Street, SE, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department.