Francisco Orlando Rivas was 19 when he was fatally shot on February 23, 2012. A Hyattsville, Maryland resident and 2010 graduate of High Point High School, he was a young father known to family and friends as Franky. The shooting happened about 6:15 p.m. in the 5000 block of 10th Street Northeast, near 10th and Gallatin Streets. Responding Fourth District officers found him with a gunshot wound and D.C. Fire and EMS took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch investigated and the family and community held a vigil in his memory. A reward of up to $25,000 was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The case remains listed by the MPD as an unsolved 2012 homicide with no public arrest announced. If anyone knew Francisco, was in that neighborhood that evening, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.