Kenneth Jenkins was 29 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 13, 2021. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District responded to reports of gunfire at about 5:18 a.m. on the 3200 block of G Street SE and found Jenkins suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene; his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the death was ruled a homicide.

The Homicide Branch opened an extensive investigation. The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information that could help identify who was responsible for Kenneth Jenkins’s death, please come forward.