Do you know who murdered Jeffrey Allen? Jeffrey Durand Allen, age 38, a Black/African-American male, was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on February 8, 2000. The shooting occurred in the 600 block of Park Road, NW, at approximately 5:45 p.m., according to contemporary reporting. Police responding to a report of gunfire found Allen suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Howard University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 6:25 p.m.
The Metropolitan Police Department subsequently classified the killing as a homicide and assigned the investigation to its Homicide Branch.
Allen was a resident of Laurel, Maryland, according to the contemporary account. The available record identifies the victim as Jeffrey Durand Allen and places the fatal shooting at the same Park Road location documented by the Metropolitan Police Department. The department's later homicide bulletin gives the incident time as approximately 5:47 p.m. and confirms that Allen was shot and killed there.
The circumstances immediately surrounding the shooting remain limited in the publicly available records. The police bulletin does not explain what Allen was doing before the gunfire, whether he was confronted by another person, or what led to the shooting. It does not publicly identify a motive or provide a detailed description of the shooter or weapon. The department appealed to the public for information that could help investigators determine what happened and identify the person or persons responsible.
The Metropolitan Police Department's homicide bulletin does not name a suspect or suspects. It offers a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the homicide. The bulletin directs anyone with information to contact the department and states that the case was being investigated by the Homicide Branch.
The available online records reviewed do not establish that an arrest was made in Allen's killing. They likewise do not identify anyone as having been charged, prosecuted, tried, or convicted for the homicide. Because the police record does not name a suspect, unrelated criminal records involving people with similar names cannot reliably be connected to Allen's death.
The surviving documentation therefore establishes a clear sequence: Allen was shot in the 600 block of Park Road, NW, on February 8, 2000; officers responded to the reported gunfire and found him wounded; he was transported to Howard University Hospital; and he was pronounced dead shortly afterward. The Metropolitan Police Department later sought public assistance and offered a substantial reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but the publicly accessible records located do not provide a verified identity for the shooter or document a subsequent arrest, criminal case, trial, or conviction.
