Wilbert Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man from Northeast Washington, D.C., was shot and killed on September 30, 2018. At approximately 12:13 a.m. on the 1500 block of Benning Road NE, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District found Brooks suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives from the Homicide Branch have pursued leads and asked the public for help reconstructing what happened that night. The lack of a publicly identified suspect has left Brooks’s family and neighbors seeking answers and accountability.

If anyone has information about Wilbert Brooks, his movements that night, or events on the 1500 block of Benning Road around 12:13 a.m. on September 30, 2018, please contact the Homicide Branch.