Gregory Ausbon, a 23-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the 1500 block of Benning Road NE in Northeast Washington, D.C., in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, July 25, 2007. Police were called to a report of a shooting around 2:00 a.m. and found him fatally wounded at 1519 Benning Road NE. Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Branch treated the scene as a homicide and sought witnesses and evidence in the immediate aftermath.

Flyers with case details were circulated and police offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but no one has been publicly charged and the case remained open and unresolved. If anyone knew Gregory or has information about what happened that night on Benning Road, please come forward.