At approximately 8:48 last night, Sunday, February 11, 2007, police were called to the 1500 block of 27th Street, SE, for the report of a shooting.  Upon arrival officers located 38-year-old Vincent Leroy Brown, of the 2600 block of Q Street, SE, suffering from apparent multiple gunshot wounds to the body.  He was taken to the Washington Hospital Center’s MedSar Unit and pronounced dead at 9:18 pm.

The case is under investigation by members of the department’s Violent Crimes Branch. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at (202) 727-9099.

The department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.