Ricardo Eugene Ray was 18 when he was shot multiple times and killed in the early morning hours of December 28, 2009. He was in the 7300 block of Central Avenue in Capitol Heights, Maryland, when the incident was reported at about 3:25 a.m.; emergency responders found him at the scene and he was pronounced dead there. He was a resident of Washington, D.C. and was identified as male; no public detail about his ethnicity was released.

Few factual details about motive, circumstances leading up to the shooting, or any suspects or arrests have been made available. The case remains unresolved and is a painful loss for family and the community. If anyone has information about Ricardo’s last hours or the people present on Central Avenue that morning, please share what is known with investigators.