On the evening of Friday, January 18, 2008, a burst of gunfire in the 1500 block of V Street Southeast in Washington, D.C., left Jerome Williams fatally wounded. The shooting occurred at approximately 6:40 p.m.; Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives were called to the scene and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses.

Details about what led up to the shooting are scarce. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The department has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction and continues to circulate a flyer with Williams’s name and incident details.

If anyone who lived in or visited the 1500 block of V Street Southeast on January 18, 2008, remembers anything that could help, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Branch.