In the early hours of Memorial Day in 2018, the sound of gunshots pierced the quiet of a Northeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood. Responding to the sounds, officers from the 5th District discovered a man lying on Langston Terrace. The man, identified as 24-year-old Anthony Jerome Clark of Southeast Washington, had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the 700 block of Langston Terrace NE, but it was too late.
Anthony Jerome Clark, a male, was pronounced dead at the scene, his life tragically cut short. The Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch immediately began an investigation into the fatal shooting, treating it as a homicide.
In the days following the shooting, authorities reached out to the public for assistance, offering a substantial reward for any information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Clark's death. Despite the ongoing investigation and the plea for public assistance, there have been no subsequent announcements regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the murder of Anthony Jerome Clark. The case remains an open and unresolved chapter in the city's records of violent crime.
