On the evening of Friday, May 29, 2020, gunfire was reported in the 3000 block of 30th Street SE in Washington, D.C. Officers from the Seventh District arrived shortly before or around 6:23 p.m. and located 19-year-old Tyrell Smith, a Black resident of Southeast D.C., suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch ruled the incident a homicide and opened an investigation.

The department has appealed to the public for information and offered a substantial reward for tips that could lead to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information about Tyrell Smith’s shooting, please share it with the Metropolitan Police Department.