METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Peter Newsham

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Dustin Sternbeck

Chief of Police

Director

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Public Information Office: 202- 727-4383

May 19, 2019

Homicide: 100 Block of T Street, Northeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are
investigating a homicide that occurred on Saturday, May 18, 2019, in the 100 block of T Street,
Northeast.
At approximately 5:24 pm, members of the Fifth District responded to the listed location for the
report of the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, members located an unconscious adult male
victim, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services
responded to the scene and transported the victim to an area hospital. After all life-saving efforts
failed, the victim was pronounced dead. A second adult male victim was located suffering from a
gunshot wound. The second victim was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for
non-life threatening injuries.
The decedent has been identified as 25-year-old Jonathan Hernandez of Southeast, DC.
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
responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information
about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information
may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.
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