Seventeen-year-old Jamel Kirkland was killed by gunfire on the evening of September 22, 2019, in the 1300 block of Morris Road Southeast, Washington, D.C. Officers from the Seventh District arrived after shots were reported at about 9:52 p.m. and found Jamel with a gunshot wound; he later died from his injuries. Two other juvenile males in the area sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and were taken to hospitals.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch opened the investigation and the department offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help Jamel’s family and investigators, please come forward to the authorities.