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December 28, 1998
Fatal Shooting on Kennedy Street, NW

On Sunday, December 27, 1998, at approximately 5:37 am, police and DCFD emergency medical technicians responded to the 300 block of Kennedy Street, NW for an unconscious person. Upon their arrival, they discovered a male behind the driver's seat of a automobile suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body.

The victim, who has been identified as 27-year-old Marcus Lee Robinson of the 800 block of Xenia Street, SE, was transported to DC General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:29 am.

This case is under investigation by members of the Department's Homicide Branch. Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call the homicide branch at (202) 727-4347 or the DC Crime Solvers Unit at 1-800-673-2777.

All calls to the Crime Solvers Unit are confidential and a caller need not give his or her name. A caller who provides information through the Crime Solvers Unit that leads to an arrest and indictment in this case is eligible for a reward of up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.