A 48-year-old man identified as DiCarlo Dickerson was found with gunshot wounds in the 1100 block of Eastern Avenue NE and died at the scene, and months later, no arrest has been announced in his killing. The Metropolitan Police Department is now offering up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case.
Officers responded to the 1100 block of Eastern Avenue and found Dickerson suffering from gunshot wounds, according to WJLA. The outlet reports that “DiCarlo lost his life at the scene,” and that he was later identified by police. A separate MPD notice, drawn from snippet-level evidence not independently confirmed elsewhere in this reporting, places the shooting at approximately 9:26 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in the same block of Eastern Avenue, NE.
The reward offer was confirmed by DC News Now, which reported that police are “offering a reward of up to $25,000” for anyone with information that helps investigators make an arrest and secure a conviction. No suspect description, weapon details, or motive have been released in connection with the shooting.
Investigation Remains Open Months Later
The station's report notes that the investigation into the shooting remains ongoing, with no further updates on an arrest or charges. Police have not released additional details about what led up to the gunfire on Eastern Avenue, and the circumstances surrounding Dickerson's death remain unresolved.
Dickerson's killing adds to a broader and complicated picture of gun violence in the District. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, the city's reported homicide rate was 41% lower in the first half of 2026 than during the same period in 2025, and 43% lower than in the first half of 2019. The homicide rate in the first half of 2026 stood at 6.2 per 100,000 residents, 65% below the rate recorded during the same period in 2023.
Gun Assaults Climbing Even as Homicides Fall
Despite the drop in killings, the same analysis found that DC's reported gun-assault rate was 13% higher in the first half of 2026 than during the same period a year earlier, even though that rate of 40.4 per 100,000 residents remains 42% below where it stood in 2023. The mixed trend suggests gun violence in the city has not simply receded, even as homicide numbers have improved.
Other data underline the toll gun violence has taken on the District in recent years. The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions recorded 148 gun deaths in DC in 2024 using finalized CDC data, and found that the city had the highest overall gun-homicide rate in the country that year, even as that rate fell 37% from 2023 to 2024. The same data showed that young people ages 15 to 34 accounted for 60% of all gun deaths in 2024, and that Black residents, who make up 42% of the District's population, accounted for 98% of its gun homicides that year.
Anyone with information about the shooting that killed Dickerson is urged to come forward as police continue working to identify a suspect. The case remains open, and the reward remains on the table for anyone who can help investigators move the case forward.
