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

August 23, 2019

Homicide: 3400 Block of 18th Street, Southeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are
investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Thursday, August 22, 2019, in the 3400 block of
18th Street, Southeast.
At approximately 10:02 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the 1700 block of
Trenton Place, Southeast, for the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, members located an
unconscious adult male victim, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 3400 block of 18th
Street, Southeast. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and found
that the victim displayed no signs consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene until
transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The decedent has been identified as 28 year-old Ronald Brown, 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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