Juan Nelson Roberts was 35 when he was shot and killed on the evening of November 5, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened at about 6:10 p.m. in the 900 block of Shepherd Street NW in the Petworth neighborhood. Officers from the Fourth District found Roberts unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds; D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch took over the investigation and has classified the death as a homicide. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified; police have made public appeals for information. If anyone was in the 900 block of Shepherd Street NW around 6:10 p.m. on November 5, 2017, or has information that could help, please come forward.