Eighteen-year-old Rydell Dickerson was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2009. The shooting occurred about 12:05 a.m. in the 1100 block of 21st Street Northeast. The Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation but the motive and the events leading up to the shooting are not publicly known.

The case grew cold with no suspects publicly identified or arrested. It remains an open, unsolved homicide with a substantial reward offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information about Rydell Dickerson’s death or the events that night, please come forward.