On the evening of September 8, 2020, at about 9:24 p.m., officers from the Third District of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 600 block of N Street Northwest after hearing gunshots. They found 31-year-old Edward Johnson, a man of no fixed address, suffering from a gunshot wound. Emergency medical services transported Johnson to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The Homicide Branch opened an investigation and the department has continued to seek the public’s help. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. No arrests have been announced and no descriptions of suspects have been released.

If anyone was in the 600 block of N Street Northwest that night or has information about Edward Johnson’s shooting, please come forward to investigators.