Donald Ray Brown, 28, was shot and killed on the evening of September 4, 2013, in an alley at the rear of the 900 block of 3rd Street SW, within the Greenleaf Gardens public housing complex in Washington, D.C. Police were first dispatched to the 300 block of K Street SW but redirected to the alley on Third Street, where Brown, a Black man from Northeast D.C., was found unconscious with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

A juvenile female was also struck during the incident, suffering a gunshot wound to her hand; she was treated at a hospital and released. The Metropolitan Police Department has classified Brown’s death as a homicide and lists the investigation as unsolved. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the motive remains unclear.

If anyone who lived near Greenleaf Gardens or was in the area on September 4, 2013, has information that could help, please share what you know.