In the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, April 27, 2017, 37-year-old Christopher Devin Heard of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was found in a parking lot off Bruce Place SE in the Woodland Terrace public housing complex in Southeast Washington, D.C., suffering multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting occurred shortly before 4 a.m., and police pronounced Heard dead at the scene.

The neighborhood had been described as one of the District’s more violent areas; in 2015 the community saw an increased police presence after a spike in shootings. Authorities did not release a motive after this killing. The Metropolitan Police Department later listed Heard’s case among the major unsolved homicides of 2017. No arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced.

If anyone knew Christopher Heard, his routines, or witnessed activity near Bruce Place SE early on April 27, 2017, please share information with investigators.