In the early morning of June 14, 2016, a shooting inside a residence on the 2900 block of 14th Street NW in Columbia Heights left 20-year-old Devonte Crawford dead. Police arrived at about 6:30 a.m. and found Crawford, a Black male, with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened an investigation and identified a 17-year-old male from Northwest D.C. as a suspect. That teenager was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed; his name was not released because he was a juvenile. The incident was one of several shootings in the city at that time, and police continued to offer a substantial reward for information leading to arrests and convictions in homicide cases.

If anyone in Columbia Heights that morning has information about who was in the 2900 block of 14th Street NW or saw suspicious activity, please come forward.