A predawn shooting on August 27, 2018, in the 1900 block of Ninth Street NW, near the Shaw-Howard University Metro station, left 22-year-old Phillip Dumbuya of Hyattsville, Maryland, dead. The attack occurred around 1:15 a.m.; another man was wounded and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police described a possible suspect only as a heavyset man wearing a black shirt and blue jeans.

The slaying added to a year that had seen a rise in homicides in the city and was one of two fatal shootings that morning in Washington, D.C. The investigation into who shot Dumbuya is ongoing and no arrests have been publicly announced.

If anyone knew Phillip, saw the area that morning, or has information about the man described, please come forward.