Do you know who murdered Jamar Parker? Jamar Parker, 32, male, Black, left his Oxon Hill home in the predawn dark and was shot to death along the 1900 block of Naylor Road SE in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 24, 2005. Police were alerted around 5:20 a.m. and found Parker mortally wounded on the street, an attack that shattered the quiet of the neighborhood just as the day was starting.
His killing drew an immediate appeal from the Metropolitan Police Department for public help, and a reward poster—bearing his photo—circulated with hotline numbers and a promise of up to $25,000 for information that could identify those responsible.
The hours and days after the shooting yielded few public answers. Official releases offered no suspect description, no announced motive, and no indication of an arrest, only the persistent request that anyone who knew something step forward. Years later, the department continued to list the case among its unsolved homicides, a quiet testament to how quickly a life can be taken and how stubbornly some cases resist closure. Parker’s obituary marked the man behind the case file—Jamar T. Parker, remembered by family and friends and survived by a young son—even as the investigation remained open. As of the information available from public sources, authorities have not announced an arrest or identified a suspect in his killing.
