Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are currently investigating a homicide which occurred on Eaton Road, SE.

At approximately 2:07 am on Thursday, July 23, 2009, officers from the Seventh District responded to the rear of the 1200 block of Eaton Road, SE, for the report of an unconscious person at that location. Upon arrival, officers located a male subject suffering from apparent multiple gunshot wounds.  Personnel from the DC  Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department responded to the scene, but were unable to find any signs consistent with life.  That victim was subsequently transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia. He has been identified as 33-year-old Maurice Antoine Smith of the 3000 block of Stanton Road, SE. 

During the course of their investigation, a second subject, an adult male was discovered in the 1100 block of Sumner Road, SE, also suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

The victim from the Sumner Road location was transported by personnel from the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department to an area hospital for treatment of apparent non-life threatening injuries.  His name is being withheld at this time because he is considered to be a witness in this case.

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

Anonymous information may also be forwarded to the department’s Crime Solvers Unit 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 Crime Solvers leads to an arrest and indictment that caller will be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.