Do you know who murdered David Ashby?
David S. Ashby, a Black/African American male, was killed in Washington, D.C., on January 30, 2003, rather than January 30, 2033. The Metropolitan Police Department records the death as a homicide and states that Ashby was shot and killed in front of 508 Division Avenue, NE. The department issued a homicide-victim notice seeking information from the public and identified the case as being investigated by its Criminal Investigation Division Homicide Branch. The police notice offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible. MPDC+1
The circumstances described in the police record are stark and limited: on January 30, 2003, Ashby was shot in front of the Division Avenue location and died as a result. The Metropolitan Police Department's notice provided the location and the fact that the killing was being treated as a homicide, but it did not publicly identify a motive, describe the events immediately preceding the shooting, identify a weapon or provide the circumstances that led to the gunfire. The department specifically appealed to anyone with information to contact homicide investigators. MPDC
The surviving police notice does not identify an age for Ashby. It also does not name a suspect or suspects. The notice indicates that investigators were still seeking information concerning the person or persons responsible and that the department was offering a reward tied to an arrest and conviction. Based on the publicly available material located, there is no verified record establishing that a suspect was arrested, charged, prosecuted, tried, or convicted in connection with Ashby's killing. MPDC
The case consequently remains documented in available online records as the killing of David Ashby on January 30, 2003, at 508 Division Avenue, NE. The Metropolitan Police Department's homicide publication continues to describe the incident as one for which it sought public assistance, while later listings of the case likewise identify the cause of death as a shooting and associate it with Washington, D.C. No reliable online record located in the search provides a subsequent resolution, names a perpetrator, or establishes an arrest or conviction. MPDC+1
