A dispute inside a Northeast Washington, D.C., residence on December 27, 2017, left 21-year-old Elijah Henry dead. Police say the argument, in the 1800 block of Bryant Street NE, reportedly concerned a missing coat or $200. During the confrontation a gunman shot Henry in the head.

The man identified as the shooter was 18-year-old James Mayfield. Witnesses recognized Mayfield from a flyer police had circulated in connection with an earlier August shooting that killed 17-year-old Jamahri Sydnor. Hours after Henry’s killing, Mayfield was arrested following an attempted armed robbery; the weapon he carried was later tested and linked to the murders of Henry and Jermaine Phillip Bowens.

In December 2024 Mayfield pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in Henry’s death and was sentenced to 18 years for that charge, to run concurrently with a 25-year sentence for the murder of Jermaine Bowens; he also received a 50-year sentence in the Sydnor killing. If anyone knew Elijah Henry or has information about the December 27, 2017 incident, please share what can help the case.