In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, January 6, 2019, gunfire in a Northwest Washington, D.C. neighborhood left 21-year-old Donald Rafus Benson dead. Officers found Benson on the Unit Block of O Street Northwest, about three blocks from the NoMa–Gallaudet University metro station, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Benson was reported to have no fixed address.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District officers responded after reports of gunshots at approximately 3:24 a.m. Homicide Branch detectives opened an investigation, but no suspects or arrests were announced and a reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. His death was one of six homicides in the District that weekend.

If anyone has information about Benson, the shooting, or was in that area that night, please share what you know.