Mitchell Smith, a 50-year-old Black man born October 29, 1970 in Rembert, South Carolina, was shot and killed on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 23, 2021. The shooting occurred in the 700 block of 16th Street NE in Washington, D.C.; dispatch records place the time of the shooting at about 4:23 p.m. Emergency services pronounced him dead at the scene and the Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Authorities offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and the MPD’s Homicide Branch handled the case. No arrests had been made and police did not immediately identify a motive or publicly name suspects. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.