Derrick Rawls was 20 when he was found shot and unresponsive in an alley in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2011. Officers responding to reports of gunfire discovered him in the 4500 block of 8th Street NW at about 9:20 p.m.; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch classified the death as a homicide and appealed for the public’s help. A reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone was in or near the 4500 block of 8th Street NW that evening or has information about Derrick Rawls’s death, please come forward.