At approximately 2 am on Sunday, April 15, 2007, police were called to the 1000 block of 13th Street, SE, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival police located 21-year-old Leonard Branham, of the 4600 block of Carver Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama, suffering from a gunshot wound to the body.  He was taken to the George Washington University Hospital and pronounced dead at 5:30 am.

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.