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May 29, 2009
Homicide in the 5000 Block of D Street, SE

Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a fatal shooting which occurred on May 28, 2009.

 

At approximately 7:22 pm on Thursday, May 28, 2009, members assigned to the Department’s Sixth District and DC Fire and Emergency Services Department personnel responded to the rear alley of the 5000 block of D Street, SE for the report of a shooting.  Upon arrival, they located 18-year-old Angelo Lee Johnson, of the 4900 block of 78th Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.  He was subsequently transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:01 pm.

 

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 DC CRIME SOLVERS at 1-866-411-TIPS and to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411. If the information provided by a 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.