On the evening of Monday, January 27, 2020, Angus Houston, a 44-year-old man who lived in Congress Heights, Southeast Washington, D.C., was fatally shot. The shooting occurred at about 6:43 p.m. in the 1300 block of Congress Street SE, a few blocks from the Congress Heights Metro Station. Responding officers from the Seventh District found Houston with a gunshot wound; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported him to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information. No suspect or motive was released in the initial reports, and authorities offered a reward for tips that could lead to an arrest and conviction. No arrests had been publicly announced.

If anyone has information about Angus Houston’s shooting or was in the area that evening, please come forward with what you know.