In the early morning hours of Monday, October 29, 2007, the life of Randall Keith Brown was tragically cut short in Washington, D.C. At approximately 1:55 AM, he was killed in the 1000 block of 17th Street, Northeast. The circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in mystery, as the case is still an open and unsolved homicide.
Details about how Mr. Brown, a married man with five siblings, came to be in that location at that time of the morning have not been released to the public. The official reports from the Metropolitan Police Department have been sparse, primarily consisting of a plea for public assistance in gathering information about the incident. The case was assigned to the department's Violent Crimes Branch, which continues to seek any information that might lead to a breakthrough in the investigation.
In the years that have passed since Randall Brown's death, no suspects have been publicly identified, and no arrests have been made. The lack of resolution has left his family and community with unanswered questions about the violent end to his life. The Metropolitan Police Department continues to list his case among its unsolved homicides, a cold case waiting for the one piece of information that could bring his killer or killers to justice.