Police Need Your Help To ID Congress Heights Murder Suspects

If you have any information on this homicide or have any information on the suspects in this video please contact the police.  You can remain anonymous. This is our community and people who can't respect life have no place in it.

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Homicide: 2100 Block of Alabama Avenue, SE

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting which occurred in the 2100 block of Alabama Avenue, SE. On Thursday, October 20, 2011, at approximately 12:08 am, units from the Seventh District responded to the 2100 block of Alabama Avenue, SE, for the report of a shooting.  Upon their arrival, they located the victim lying in the street of that location.  DC Fire and Emergency Personnel responded to the scene and transported the victim to an area hospital where he succumbed to injuries and was pronounced dead. The decedent has been identified as 22 year-old Demetrius Emmanuel Thompson of Southeast, Washington, DC. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME (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 from any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.  Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to DC CRIME SOLVERS at 1-800-673-2777 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.

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