Shooting on 16th Street

HOMICIDE IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF 16TH STREET, NE

Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred on 16th Street, NE.

At approximately 3:50 a.m., on Sunday, June 7, 2009, members assigned to the department’s Fifth District responded to the 1400 block of Okie Street, NE for the report of a shooting. Through a preliminary investigation, officers discovered that the shooting occurred in the 2000 block of 16th Street, NE and that two victims suffering from gunshot wounds from the scene were transported by private vehicle to an area hospital where one of the victims was subsequently pronounced dead at 4:37 am.

The decedent in this case has been identified as 22-year-old Jerrell Haney, of the 4200 block of Argyle Terrace, NW.

The identity of the other victim is being withheld at this time, because he is a potential witness in the case.

This case remains under investigation by detectives from the department’s Homicide Branch. 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 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.