Marcus Blackmone was 16 when he was shot and killed in Washington, D.C. on August 26, 1992. The killing happened in the Clay Terrace neighborhood during a summer marked by rising gun violence in the area.

Police have not released detailed information about the circumstances of the shooting. In the immediate aftermath no arrests were announced and no suspects were publicly identified; the case remains an unsolved homicide. Decades later the Metropolitan Police Department is still seeking information that could help bring Marcus’s killers to justice.

If anyone knew Marcus, saw activity in Clay Terrace on August 26, 1992, or has information that could help, please share what you know.