Clifton Nate Chaney, 26, known as Snugs, was fatally shot in the early morning of Saturday, May 17, 2008, while seated with two others in a car parked in the 3800 block of 10th Street NE in Washington, D.C. An unidentified gunman approached the vehicle at about 2:25 a.m. and opened fire, striking Chaney multiple times. The driver sped to a nearby hospital, but Chaney’s injuries were too severe and he was pronounced dead on arrival. The two other occupants suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division Homicide Branch opened an investigation and later listed the killing among the city’s unsolved homicides for 2008. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the motive remains unknown. If anyone knew Clifton Chaney, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could help solve this case, please come forward to investigators.