Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred on Crittenden Street, NW.

At approximately 6:10 pm, on May 3, 2009, members assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fourth District and D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to the 800 block of Crittenden Street, NW for the report of a stabbing.  Upon arrival, they located 26-year-old Marvin Acosta-Argueta, of the 900 block of Decatur Street, NW, lying on the sidewalk and suffering from an apparent stab wound to the body.  He was subsequently pronounced dead on the scene by a representative of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIM [E] (1-888-919-2746).

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

Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to D.C. CRIME SOLVERS at 1-866-411-TIPS and to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411. If the information provided by the caller to the Crime Solvers Unit leads to an arrest and indictment, that caller will be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.