On the afternoon of May 16, 2016, 22-year-old Tavon Devonte Cummings was shot and killed in an alley in the 4800 block of Texas Avenue SE in Washington, D.C. The shooting occurred at about 12:55 p.m.; emergency responders found Cummings with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Eyewitnesses reported hearing gunshots and seeing people flee, and one witness said Cummings was on his knees firing a gun toward Benning Road before collapsing. Another person was seen picking up Cummings’ gun and running off.

Police believe the motive was tied to a long-standing dispute between families in the area. Detectives treated Cummings’ killing as connected to a separate homicide three hours later, five blocks away, in which 45-year-old Tracey Louise Cooper was also shot and killed. Cooper’s son, Keith Cooper, who knew Cummings, was later arrested on federal drug trafficking and firearm charges after officers found weapons, ammunition, and cocaine in the home he shared with his mother. No arrests have been announced in Cummings’ murder and the Metropolitan Police Department is offering up to a 25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Anyone with information about Tavon Cummings’ killing is asked to contact investigators.