Rodney Dixon, 55, was shot in the early morning hours of July 18, 2005, on the 100 block of Wayne Place SE in Washington, D.C., a residential street near Washington Highlands and Bellevue. He was found with a gunshot wound, taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, and the shooting remained an unsolved case for years.

On October 3, 2023, Dixon died from complications related to the 2005 gunshot wounds. An autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland ruled the manner of death homicide. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide; no motive, suspects, or arrests have been announced.

Anyone who has information about the July 18, 2005 shooting is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police Department.