Thomas Deal was 23 when he was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., in the early hours of Thursday, March 5, 2015. The shooting happened about 12:57 a.m. in the 1400 block of Cedar Street Southeast. Officers found Deal with gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel could not save him.

The case remains listed as an unsolved homicide. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified, and the motive is unknown. The Metropolitan Police Department has appealed for information that might lead to a break in the investigation.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the area of Cedar Street Southeast around midnight on March 5, 2015, or has information about Thomas Deal’s death, please come forward to investigators.