Maurice Antonio Smith, known to friends as Mo, was shot and killed in the rear of 1222 Eaton Road SE in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2009, at approximately 2:11 a.m. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch investigated the case but has not made any arrests or publicly identified any suspects. The investigation is listed as a cold case and remains open, with a reward of up to $25,000 offered for information that could lead to an arrest and conviction.

The killing left Smith’s family without answers and the community unsettled. If anyone has information about Maurice Smith’s movements that night, witnesses who were in the area of Eaton Road SE shortly before or after 2:11 a.m., or other details that could help investigators, please come forward.