On Thursday, April 9, 2020, at about 5:11 p.m., officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District responded to the 1200 block of 44th Place, Southeast, after reports of gunfire. They found 19-year-old Taejuan King of Suitland, Maryland, unconscious with a gunshot wound. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported him to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Detectives from the Homicide Branch opened an investigation. The Metropolitan Police Department later offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Years have passed with no arrests announced and no suspects publicly named; the case remains an unsolved homicide.

If anyone knew Taejuan, was in that neighborhood that evening, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.