On the night of June 13, 2020, a burst of gunfire at an outdoor party in Congress Heights, Washington, D.C., killed 19-year-old Zymia Joyner. The shooting happened about 11:37 p.m. in the 3100 block of Waclark Place Southeast. Emergency responders found multiple people with gunshot wounds; Joyner and 19-year-old Rashard Waldo were taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Five other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened a double-homicide investigation. Authorities have offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the deaths of Joyner and Waldo. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified; the investigation remains active.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Zymia, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch.