Ervin “Skeeter” Miller, 47, a Black male, was found shot on the night of January 7, 2007, in the 1600 block of E Street NE in Washington, D.C., just after 11 p.m. He had suffered gunshot wounds, and the Metropolitan Police Department appealed for the public’s help as detectives began piecing together what happened in those final moments on a cold Sunday night. The official case flyer set the scene with stark brevity: the location, the time, the call for tips—early signposts in an investigation that would lean heavily on community eyes and ears.
In the days that followed, the department emphasized a standing reward—up to $25,000—for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible. The Violent Crimes Branch took the lead, working the threadbare details from the block where Miller was found, while public notices circulated phone numbers for detectives and the city’s tip line. Even as those notices urged anyone with knowledge to come forward, no immediate answers surfaced, and the case remained open.
Miller’s name would also appear in a brief Washington Post obituary, a sober acknowledgment of a life cut short, listing his nickname, a church service at the United House of Prayer for All People, and the loved ones left to mourn. It offered the human texture the police notice could not: a family gathering to say goodbye and a community marking his passing.
Years later, the case is still listed among the District’s unsolved homicides, a reminder that the questions from that January night have not been laid to rest. Authorities continue to point residents toward the department’s unsolved-homicides pages and cold-case resources, keeping Miller’s case in public view in the hope that even a small memory or long-held rumor might finally surface and carry the investigation to an arrest. As of the latest public records, no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests announced.
